A companion to Greek and Roman historiography [[electronic resource] /] / edited by John Marincola

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910621301203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2007
• ISBN: 1-78268-588-X; 1-281-06899-3; 1-282-02249-0; 9786612022494; 9786611068998; 1-4051-8511-2; 0-470-76628-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (776 p.)
• Collana: Blackwell companions to the ancient world
• Altri autori (Persone): MarincolaJohn
• Disciplina: 937.0072; 938.0072
• Soggetti: Historiography - Greece; Historiography - Rome; Greece Historiography; Rome Historiography
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: A COMPANION TO GREEK AND ROMAN HISTORIOGRAPHY; VOLUME I; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Ancient Authors: Abbreviations; Reference Works: Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I Contexts; PART II Surveys; A COMPANION TO GREEK AND ROMAN HISTORIOGRAPHY; VOLUME II; Ancient Authors: Abbreviations; Reference Works: Abbreviations; PART III Readings; Chapter 26: To Each His Own: Simonides and Herodotus on Thermopylae; Chapter 27: Rhampsinitos and the Clever Thief (Herodotus 2.121); Chapter 28: The Enigma of Discourse: A View of Thucydides; Chapter 29: Contest (Ago ̄n) in ThucydidesChapter 30: Narrative Manner and Xenophon's More Routine Hellenica; Chapter 31: Fortune (tyche ̄) in Polybius; Chapter 32: Polybius and Aetolia: A ; Historiographical Approach; Chapter 33: Diodorus Siculus on the Third Sacred War; Chapter 34: Caesar's Account of the Battle of Massilia (BC 1.34-2.22): Some Historiographical and Narratological Approaches; Chapter 35: The Politics of Sallustian Style; Chapter 36: The Translation of Catiline; Chapter 37: Claudius Quadrigarius and Livy's Second Pentad; Chapter 38: Fog on the Mountain: Philip and Mt. Haemus in Livy, 40.21-22Chapter 39: Clothing Cincinnatus: Dionysius of Halicarnassus; Chapter 40: The Imperial Republic of Velleius Paterculus; Chapter 41: Josephus and the Cannibalism of Mary (BJ 6.199-219); Chapter 42: Quintus Curtius Rufus on the ''Good King'': The Dioxippus Episode in Book 9.7.16-26; Chapter 43: Tacitus and the Battle of Mons Graupius: A Historiographical Route Map?; Chapter 44: Feast Your Eyes on This: Vitellius as a Stock Tyrant (Tac. Hist. 3.36-39); Chapter 45: Arrian, Alexander, and the Pursuit of Glory; Chapter 46: Toward a Literary Evaluation of Appian's Civil Wars, Book 1Chapter 47: Cassius Dio: A Senator and Historian in the Age of Anxiety; Chapter 48: Ammianus' Roman Digressions and the Audience of the Res Gestae; Chapter 49: ''To Forge Their Tongues to Grander Styles'': Ammianus' Epilogue; PART IV Neighbors; Chapter 50: Epic and Historiography at Rome; Chapter 51: Ethnography and History; Chapter 52: Tragedy and History; Chapter 53: Antiquarianism and History; Chapter 54: Biography and History; Chapter 55: Geography and History; Chapter 56: Fiction and History: Historiography and the NovelPART V Transition; Chapter 57: Late Antique Historiography, 250-650 CE; Bibliography; Index Locorum; General Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This two-volume Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography reflects the new directions and interpretations that have arisen in the field of ancient historiography in the past few decades.Comprises a series of cutting edge articles written by recognised scholarsPresents broad, chronological treatments of important issues in the writing of history and antiquityThese are complemented by chapters on individual genres and sub-genres from the fifth century B.C.E. to the fourth century C.E.Provides a series of interpretative readings on the individual historiansContain