Greek historiography

1. Verfasser: Scanlon, Thomas Francis , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2015.
Umfang/Format: 348 p.
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Online Zugang: Online available
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Origins and early forms
  • Herodotus on the limits of happiness: beyond epic, lyric, and logography
  • Thucydides on the ends of power
  • Xenophon on leadership and moral authority
  • History and rhetoric in fourth century historians
  • Diversity and innovation in the Hellenistic era
  • Polybius on the supremacy of a balanced state
  • Greek historians in the Roman era
  • Concluding observations on Greek historical writing.