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) |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2016]
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Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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