Moral History from Herodotus to Diodorus Siculus /

An investigation of moral-didactic techniques and messages in ancient Greek historiography. Why did human beings first begin to write history? Lisa Irene Hau argues that a driving force among Greek historians was the desire to use the past to teach lessons about the present and for the future. She u...

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Main Author: Hau, Lisa Irene (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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