Moral history from Herodotus to Diodorus Siculus /

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An investigation of moral-didactic techniques and messages in ancient Greek historiography. Why did human beings first begin to write history? Lisa Irene Hau argues that a driving force among Greek historians was the desire to use the past to teach lessons about the present and for the future. She u...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hau, Lisa Irene (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]
Temas:
Historiography > Moral and ethical aspects > Greece.
Literary studies : classical, early and medieval.
Literary studies : general.
Literature and literary studies.
Literature : history and criticism.
HISTORY > Ancient > Greece.
Historiography > Moral and ethical aspects.
Moral conditions.
Greece > Moral conditions.
Greece.
Classics.
Classical.
Early and Medieval.
Ancient History.
Literary Studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Hellenistic historiography. Polybius ; Diodorus Siculus ; Fragmentary Hellenistic historiography
  • Classical historiography. Herodotus ; Thucydides ; Xenophon, Hellenica
  • Fragmentary classical historiography.

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