Arrian the Historian : Writing the Greek Past in the Roman Empire /

During the first centuries of the Roman Empire, Greek intellectuals wrote a great many texts modeled on the dialect and literature of Classical Athens, some 500 years prior. Among the most successful of these literary figures were sophists, whose highly influential display oratory has been the preva...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leon, Daniel W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2022]
Temas:
HISTORY / General.
Historiography, historian, Classic Athens, Ancient Greece, Alexander the Great, ancient roman history, second sophistic, Second sophists, greek historiography, greek history.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Texts and Translations
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Amateurs, Experts, and History
  • Chapter 2. Novelty and Revision in the Works of Arrian
  • Chapter 3. Alexander among the Kings of History
  • Chapter 4. Sickness, Death, and Virtue
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: The Date of the Anabasis
  • Abbreviations in the Notes and Bibliography
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index Locorum
  • General Index

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