Marincola A Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-470-76628-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 776 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World

This two-volume Companion to Greek and Roman Historiographyreflects the new directions and interpretations that have arisen inthe field of ancient historiography in the past few decades.
* Comprises a series of cutting edge articles written byrecognised scholars
* Presents broad, chronological treatments of important issues inthe writing of history and antiquity
* These are complemented by chapters on individual genres andsub-genres from the fifth century B.C.E. to the fourth centuryC.E.
* Provides a series of interpretative readings on the individualhistorians
* Contains essays on the neighbouring genres of tragedy,biography, and epic, among others, and their relationship tohistory

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marincola, John

Über Autor(innen)

John Marincola is Professor of Classics at Florida State University. He is the author of Authority and Tradition in Ancient Historiography (1997), Greek Historians (2001) and, with Michael A. Flower, Herodotus: Histories Book IX (2002). He is currently at work on a book on Hellenistic historiography.