Greek Historiography
By: Thomas F. Scanlon
Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World; Blackwell introductions to the classical world
Publisher: Wiley Blackwell
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9781405145220
Subjects: Historiography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Origins and early forms; title: Herodotus on the limits of happiness: beyond epic, lyric, and logography; title: Thucydides on the ends of power; title: Xenophon on leadership and moral authority; title: History and rhetoric in fourth century historians; title: Diversity and innovation in the Hellenistic era; title: Polybius on the supremacy of a balanced state; title: Greek historians in the Roman era; title: Concluding observations on Greek historical writing.