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Author: M. I. Finley Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101127643 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 512
Book Description
Essential passages from the works of four "fathers of history"—Herodotus's History, Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, Xenophon's Anabasis, and Polybius's Histories.
Author: M. I. Finley Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101127643 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 512
Book Description
Essential passages from the works of four "fathers of history"—Herodotus's History, Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, Xenophon's Anabasis, and Polybius's Histories.
Author: Moses I. Finley Publisher: Viking Adult ISBN: 9780670352449 Category : Greece Languages : en Pages : 501
Book Description
Essential passages from the works of four "fathers of history"-Herodotus's History, Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, Xenophon's Anabasis, and Polybius's Histories.
Author: T. James Luce Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1134845359 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 176
Book Description
The Greeks invented history as a literary genre in the fifth century B.C. The first historians owed much to Homer and adopted his vivid and direct style in narrating historical events. Yet, despite the influence of Homer the birth of history was basically a reaction against mythical accounts of the past. Homer wrote about war and travel in foreign lands, in the distant and mythical past. In contrast, the Greek historians of the fifth century wrote about contemporary or very recent events, where eye witnesses could be interviewed and facts checked. The Greek Historians follows the development of history from Herodotus, via Thucydides, Xenophon and Polybius, until the Hellenistic age. It introduces the individual writers and their topics, yet it also outlines their attitudes to historiography and their criticisms of each other. Such themes as the uses and value of truth and causation are traced, as well as the growing constraints on free speech under Hellenistic monarchs and the Romans. Written in an accessible and captivating manner, with suggestions for further reading, this book serves as a lucid introduction to Greek historians and writing of history.
Author: Torrey James Luce Publisher: Psychology Press ISBN: 9780415105927 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 176
Book Description
The Greeks invented history as a literary genre in the fifth century BC. This book follows the development of history from Herodotus, via Thucydides, Xenophon and Polybius, until the Hellenistic age.
Author: M. I. Finley
Author: M. I. Finley
Author: M. I. Finley
Author: Moses I. Finley
Author: Moses I. Finley (ed)
Author: T. James Luce
Author: M. I. Finley
Author: Torrey James Luce
Author: Cornelius Conway Felton
Author: Antony Erich Raubitschek
Author: Henry Dickinson Westlake