LEADER 00000cam a2200553La 4500 001 ocm47008298 003 OCoLC 005 20160527040922.4 006 m o d 007 cr cn||||||||| 008 010302s1997 enka ob 001 0 eng d 019 718312424|a758976327|a852651932 020 0511002297|q(electronic book) 020 9780511002298|q(electronic book) 020 9780521480192|q(hardback) 020 0521480191|q(hardback) 020 |z0521480191|q(hardback) 035 (OCoLC)47008298|z(OCoLC)718312424|z(OCoLC)758976327 |z(OCoLC)852651932 040 N$T|beng|epn|cN$T|dOCL|dOCLCQ|dYDXCP|dOCLCQ|dE7B|dTUU |dOCLCQ|dTNF|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ|dOCLCF|dNHA|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dOPU |dUIU|dCOO|dOCLCQ|dOTZ|dCAMBR|dOL$|dOCLCQ 049 RIDW 050 4 D56|b.M37 1997eb 072 7 HIS|x002000|2bisacsh 082 04 930/.072|220 090 D56|b.M37 1997eb 100 1 Marincola, John.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n96043208 245 10 Authority and tradition in ancient historiography /|cJohn Marincola. 264 1 Cambridge ;|aNew York :|bCambridge University Press, |c1997. 300 1 online resource (xvi, 361 pages) :|billustrations 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-315) and indexes. 505 0 The scope and subject of the book -- Authority -- Tradition -- History's place and audience -- The greatness of the subject -- Decisions and dreams -- Dedications and the desires of friends -- Glory and renown -- Eyes, ears and contemporary history -- Closed societies and privileged access -- Improving the past -- Myth and history -- The importance of character -- Experience -- Effort -- Impartiality -- Praise and self-praise -- Person and perspective -- Strategies of self-presentation -- The uses of polemic -- Polemic and self-definition -- Continuity and culmination -- App. I. Table of historians -- App. II. Name and nationality -- App. III. Isocrates on autopsy and inquiry? -- App. IV. Variant versions. 520 This book is a study of the various claims to authority made by the ancient Greek and Roman historians throughout their histories and is the first to examine all aspects of the historian's self-presentation. It shows how each historian claimed veracity by imitating, modifying, and manipulating the traditions established by his predecessors. Beginning with a discussion of the tension between individuality and imitation, it then categorises and analyses the recurring topoi used to establish the historian's authority: how he came to write history; the qualifications he brought to the task; the inquiries and efforts he made in his research; and his claims to possess a reliable character. By detailing how each historian used the tradition to claim and maintain his own authority, the book contributes to a better understanding of the complex nature of ancient historiography. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 650 0 History, Ancient|xHistoriography.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2008105652 650 7 History, Ancient|xHistoriography.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/958355 655 4 Electronic books. 776 08 |iPrint version:|aMarincola, John.|tAuthority and tradition in ancient historiography.|dCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997|z0521480191|w(DLC) 96018630|w(OCoLC)34704951 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=53735|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp:// guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20160615|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic|lridw 994 92|bRID