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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1. Verfasser: Hau, Lisa Irene (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]
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  • Hellenistic historiography. Polybius ; Diodorus Siculus ; Fragmentary Hellenistic historiography
  • Classical historiography. Herodotus ; Thucydides ; Xenophon, Hellenica
  • Fragmentary classical historiography.