Greek and Roman Historiography is a collection of important articles from the last thirty years which treat the ways in which the ancient Greeks and Romans thought about and wrote their histories. Six of these articles have been translated into English for the first time. Avoiding issues such as sources and reliability which were the concern of earlier scholarship, the contributors focus much more on how the ancients themselves engaged with their past: the relationship between myth and history; the role of memory and oral tradition as they shaped both Greek and Roman notions of the past; the role of the historian in giving form and meaning to his history; and the different notions of historical truth and falsehood. A specially written introduction places the essays in the larger context of earlier and more recent trends in the study of Greek and Roman historiography.
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A collection of important recent articles discussing the ways in which the ancient Greeks and Romans thought about and wrote their histories. Six articles are newly translated into English, while a specially written introduction places the essays in the larger context of earlier and more recent trends in the study of classical historiography.
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Introduction ; I. CONSTRUCTING THE PAST: MYTH, MEMORY AND HISTORY ; 1. Thucydides is Not a Colleague ; 2. Myth, History, Politics - Ancient and Modern ; 3. Genealogy and the Genealogists ; 4. Some Aspects of Source Theory in Greek Historiography ; 5. The Tradition about Early Rome and Oral History ; 6. Memoria and Historiography at Rome ; 7. Etruscan Historiography ; II. RHETORIC, TRUTH, AND FALSEHOOD ; 8. Cicero and Historiography ; 9. Cicero and the Writing of History ; 10. Ancient Views on the Causes of Bias in Historical Writing ; 11. Lying Historians: Seven Types of Mendacity ; 12. True History and False History in Classical Antiquity ; III. HISTORY AND POETRY ; 13. The Historical 'Cycle' ; 14. History and Tragedy ; 15. Poetry and Historiography
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Assembly of important articles under one cover enables understanding of the current debates concerning ancient historiography Includes six key contributions which have been translated into English for the first time Contextualizing introduction lets readers see where current scholarship has come from and how it relates to earlier work
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Assembly of important articles under one cover enables understanding of the current debates concerning ancient historiography Includes six key contributions which have been translated into English for the first time Contextualizing introduction lets readers see where current scholarship has come from and how it relates to earlier work
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ISBN
9780199233496
Publisert
2011
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
750 gr
Høyde
221 mm
Bredde
144 mm
Dybde
40 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
510

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