Greek Historiography

ISBN-13: 9780198150725 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 304 str.

Simon Hornblower

Opis

The ancient Greek achievement in the writing of history set the standard for all time. The nature of that achievement, though, looks increasingly problematic in the light of recent work on such topics as literacy, orality, rhetoric, narrative technique, and the invention of tradition. In this book, eight ancient historians consider both the achievement and the problems involved in the study of the Greek historians. These essays reflect the best and most recent scholarship on the subject.

Recenzje

This book is tremendously stimulating and a companion volume for Roman historiography would be welcome. The impression that one obtains from reading this book is of the modernity of the authors' approaches, and of how much there is still to do in the field of ancient historiography.