Authority and tradition in ancient historiography /

This book is a study of the various claims to authority made by the ancient Greek and Roman historians throughout their histories and is the first to examine all aspects of the historian's self-presentation. It shows how each historian claimed veracity by imitating, modifying, and manipulating...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marincola, John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Temas:
History, Ancient > Historiography.
Histoire ancienne > Historiographie.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
History, Ancient > Historiography
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The scope and subject of the book
  • Authority
  • Tradition
  • History's place and audience
  • The greatness of the subject
  • Decisions and dreams
  • Dedications and the desires of friends
  • Glory and renown
  • Eyes, ears and contemporary history
  • Closed societies and privileged access
  • Improving the past
  • Myth and history
  • The importance of character
  • Experience
  • Effort
  • Impartiality
  • Praise and self-praise
  • Person and perspective
  • Strategies of self-presentation
  • The uses of polemic
  • Polemic and self-definition
  • Continuity and culmination
  • App. I. Table of historians
  • App. II. Name and nationality
  • App. III. Isocrates on autopsy and inquiry?
  • App. IV. Variant versions.

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