Description
Book SynopsisThis volume provides an accessible, comprehensive, and up-to-date survey of the ancient Greek genre of historical writing from its origins before Herodotus to the Greek historians of the Roman imperial era, seven centuries later.
Trade Review"...certainly merits to be considered as a textbook for notably undergraduate students of the subject. To its value adds the fact that it is well written, well produced, that it provides...a concise guide for further reading..., an elaborate "index locorum", and an efficient and comprehensive general index. In providing these assets, the book...offers an excellent value for its price." - Classical Journal
Table of ContentsPreface vi
Abbreviations ix
Chapter 1: Origins and Early Forms of Greek Historiography 1
Chapter 2: Herodotus and the Limits of Happiness: Beyond Epic, Lyric, and Logography 26
Chapter 3: Thucydides on the Ends of Power 69
Chapter 4: Xenophon on Leadership and Moral Authority 126
Chapter 5: History and Rhetoric in Fourth]Century Historians 160
Chapter 6: Diversity and Innovation in the Hellenistic Era 190
Chapter 7: Polybius on the Supremacy of a Balanced State 202
Chapter 8: Greek Historians in the Roman Era 237
Chapter 9: Concluding Observations on Greek Historical Writing 276
Further Reading 291
Index Locorum 300
Index 317
