| Description |
vi, 162 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Greece & Rome. New surveys in the classics ; no. 31
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Greece & Rome. New surveys in the classics ; no. 31.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-157) and index. |
| Contents |
I. The Greeks and their past. Homer -- Historical and praise poetry -- The Ionian revolution -- II. Herodotus. Life, times, audience -- Structure and subject matter -- Sources, methods, historical reliability -- Narrative manner, speeches, characterization -- Themes -- Nachleben -- III. Thucydides. Life, times, audience -- Structure and subject matter -- Narrative manner -- Speeches -- Themes -- Characterization -- Historical reliability --Nachleben -- IV. Hellenistic historians -- V. Polybius. Life, times, audience -- Structure and subject matter -- Narrative manner -- The writing of history -- Themes -- Nachleben. |
| Note |
"Published for the Classical Association." |
| Processing Action |
cat stacks classics pcc 20020701 rlm UPB |
| Subject |
Greece -- History -- To 146 B.C. -- Historiography.
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Greece. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 146 B.C |
| Subject |
Historiography. |
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Herodotus -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Herodotus. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Thucydides -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Thucydides. |
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Polybius -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Polybius. |
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Historians -- Greece.
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Historians. |
| Added Author |
Classical Association (Great Britain)
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| ISBN |
019922501X |
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