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UNINA9910815456303321 |
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Knowing future time in and through Greek historiography / / edited by Alexandra Lianeri |
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Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2016] |
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©2016 |
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ISBN |
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3-11-043078-9 |
3-11-043082-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (452 p.) |
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Collana |
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Trends in classics--supplementary volumes, , 1868-4875 ; ; volume 32 |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Historiography - Greece - History |
Historiography - Philosophy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Futures of Greek Historiography -- Ancient Historiography and ‘Future Past’ -- Futures Real and Unreal in Greek Historiography -- Between Thucydides and the Future: Narrative Prolepsis and Xenophon’s Concept of Historiography -- Knowing Future Time in Xenophon’s Anabasis -- Knowledge and Foresight in Polybius -- Preparing for Posterity: Dionysius and Polybius -- The Future and the Logic of Closure in Greek Historiography -- No Future? Possibilities and Permanence in Herodotus’ Histories -- Fading into the Future: Visibility and Legibility in Thucydides’ History -- Shifting Endings, Ambiguity and Deferred Closure in Polybius’ Histories -- Plutarch on the Future of an Ancient World -- Future’s Bright? Looking Forward in Appian -- Writing for Posterity in Ancient Historiography: Lucian’s Perspective -- On the Shoulders of Greeks? Future Time in Livy’s Ab urbe condita -- Constituting the Modern World as the Future of Greek Antiquity -- Horoscopes of Empires: Future Ruins from Thucydides to Macaulay -- Historiographic Ancients and Moderns: The Difference between Thucydides and Ranke -- The Western Futures of Ancient History -- Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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From the early modern period, Greek historiography has been studied |
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