Ephorus of Cyme and Greek Historiography

"Through a careful study of the surviving fragmentary evidence, Giovanni Parmeggiani throws new light on the lost Histories of the fourth-century B.C. Greek historian Ephorus of Cyme, the first, according to Polybius, to have written a universal history"--

Sommario

Introduction; 1. Questions and answers; 2. Ephorus' Histories: the method; 3. Ephorus' Histories: the contents; 4. Ephorus the universal historian; Conclusions; Appendix: Ephorus and the Hellenika Oxyrhynchia.

Info autore

GIOVANNI PARMEGGIANI is Associate Professor of Ancient Greek History at the University of Trieste. He is the author of Eforo di Cuma. Studi di storiografia greca (2011) and the editor of Between Thucydides and Polybius: The Golden Age of Greek Historiography (2014).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Giovanni Parmeggiani, Giovanni (Universita Degli Studi DI T Parmeggiani, Giovanni (Universita degli Studi di Trieste) Parmeggiani, Parmeggiani Giovanni
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.12.2023
• EAN: 9781108831185
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83118-5
• Pagine: 500
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Antichità; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient Greece, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, 4th century, c 399 to c 300 BCE