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The Archidamian War / / Donald Kagan
| The Archidamian War / / Donald Kagan |
| Autore | Kagan Donald |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (394 p.) : maps |
| Disciplina | 938/.05 |
| Soggetto topico |
HISTORY
Military / General Regions & Countries - Europe History & Archaeology Greece |
| ISBN |
0-8014-6722-5
0-8014-6723-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Maps -- Abbreviations and Short Titles -- 1. Plans and Resources -- 2. The First Year of the War -- 3. The Plague and Its Consequences -- 4. The Third Year of the War: Phormio -- 5. The Revolt at Lesbos -- 6. Sicily and Corcyra -- 7. Demosthenes -- 8. Pylos and Sphacteria -- 9. Megara and Delium -- 10. The Coming of Peace -- Conclusions -- Appendix A: Pericles and Athenian Income -- Appendix B: Pericles' Last Speech -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Ancient Authors and Inscriptions |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453157803321 |
Kagan Donald
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| Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2013] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Archidamian War / / Donald Kagan
| The Archidamian War / / Donald Kagan |
| Autore | Kagan Donald |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (394 p.) : maps |
| Disciplina | 938/.05 |
| Soggetto topico |
HISTORY
Military / General Regions & Countries - Europe History & Archaeology Greece |
| ISBN |
0-8014-6722-5
0-8014-6723-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Maps -- Abbreviations and Short Titles -- 1. Plans and Resources -- 2. The First Year of the War -- 3. The Plague and Its Consequences -- 4. The Third Year of the War: Phormio -- 5. The Revolt at Lesbos -- 6. Sicily and Corcyra -- 7. Demosthenes -- 8. Pylos and Sphacteria -- 9. Megara and Delium -- 10. The Coming of Peace -- Conclusions -- Appendix A: Pericles and Athenian Income -- Appendix B: Pericles' Last Speech -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Ancient Authors and Inscriptions |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779673003321 |
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Kagan Donald
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| Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2013] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Archidamian War / / Donald Kagan
| The Archidamian War / / Donald Kagan |
| Autore | Kagan Donald |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (394 p.) : maps |
| Disciplina | 938/.05 |
| Soggetto topico |
HISTORY
Military / General Regions & Countries - Europe History & Archaeology Greece |
| Soggetto non controllato |
400 BC
a military study on the peloponnesian war ancient athens history ancient european history ancient greek history ancient greek naval history ancient greek war ancient histiography ancient military history books about ancient greek naval history books about ancient greek war books about greek war for the casual reader books about pericles books about thucydides books for classics courses books for greek history lovers books from historians about ancient greece books like the movie 300 books like the movie gladiator causes of the peloponnesian war classical history buff classical history classical literary criticism classisist fall of the athenian empire first stage of the peloponnesian war greek history greek military history history of athens history of lysander history of sparta history of spartans history of the peloponnesian war invasions of attica peloponnesian war spartan king archidamus spartan occupation spartan war strategy students of ancient greece the archidamian war the first years of the peloponnesian war the outbreak of the peloponnesian war the rise and fall of athens thucydides and the peloponnesian war thucydides war between athens and sparta what started the peloponnesian war where was the peloponnesian war who fought in the peloponnesian war who was pericles |
| ISBN |
9780801467226
0801467225 9780801467233 0801467233 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Maps -- Abbreviations and Short Titles -- 1. Plans and Resources -- 2. The First Year of the War -- 3. The Plague and Its Consequences -- 4. The Third Year of the War: Phormio -- 5. The Revolt at Lesbos -- 6. Sicily and Corcyra -- 7. Demosthenes -- 8. Pylos and Sphacteria -- 9. Megara and Delium -- 10. The Coming of Peace -- Conclusions -- Appendix A: Pericles and Athenian Income -- Appendix B: Pericles' Last Speech -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Ancient Authors and Inscriptions |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911100120403321 |
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Kagan Donald
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| Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2013] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Archidamian War / / Donald Kagan
| The Archidamian War / / Donald Kagan |
| Autore | Kagan Donald |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (394 p.) : maps |
| Disciplina | 938/.05 |
| Soggetto topico |
HISTORY
Military / General Regions & Countries - Europe History & Archaeology Greece |
| Soggetto non controllato |
400 BC
a military study on the peloponnesian war ancient athens history ancient european history ancient greek history ancient greek naval history ancient greek war ancient histiography ancient military history books about ancient greek naval history books about ancient greek war books about greek war for the casual reader books about pericles books about thucydides books for classics courses books for greek history lovers books from historians about ancient greece books like the movie 300 books like the movie gladiator causes of the peloponnesian war classical history buff classical history classical literary criticism classisist fall of the athenian empire first stage of the peloponnesian war greek history greek military history history of athens history of lysander history of sparta history of spartans history of the peloponnesian war invasions of attica peloponnesian war spartan king archidamus spartan occupation spartan war strategy students of ancient greece the archidamian war the first years of the peloponnesian war the outbreak of the peloponnesian war the rise and fall of athens thucydides and the peloponnesian war thucydides war between athens and sparta what started the peloponnesian war where was the peloponnesian war who fought in the peloponnesian war who was pericles |
| ISBN |
9780801467226
0801467225 9780801467233 0801467233 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Maps -- Abbreviations and Short Titles -- 1. Plans and Resources -- 2. The First Year of the War -- 3. The Plague and Its Consequences -- 4. The Third Year of the War: Phormio -- 5. The Revolt at Lesbos -- 6. Sicily and Corcyra -- 7. Demosthenes -- 8. Pylos and Sphacteria -- 9. Megara and Delium -- 10. The Coming of Peace -- Conclusions -- Appendix A: Pericles and Athenian Income -- Appendix B: Pericles' Last Speech -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Ancient Authors and Inscriptions |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911131805803321 |
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Kagan Donald
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| Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2013] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Brill's companion to George Grote and the classical tradition / / edited by Kyriakos N. Demetriou
| Brill's companion to George Grote and the classical tradition / / edited by Kyriakos N. Demetriou |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (432 p.) |
| Disciplina | 938.0072/02 |
| Collana | Brill's Companions to Classical Reception |
| Soggetto topico |
Civilization, Classical - Historiography
Classicists - Great Britain Platonists - Great Britain Historians - Great Britain |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 90-04-28049-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Kyriakos N. Demetriou -- 1 George Grote, The Philosophic Radical and Politician / Bruce Kinzer -- 2 James Mill and George Grote: A Benthamite Defence of “Theoretic Reform” / Antis Loizides -- 3 George Grote and Natural Religion / John R. Gibbins -- 4 Bentham, Mill, Grote, and An Analysis of the Influence of Natural Religion on the Temporal Happiness of Mankind / Catherine Fuller † -- 5 A Regular Politician in Breeches: The Life and Work of Harriet Lewin Grote / Sarah Richardson -- 6 Grote’s Athens: The Character of Democracy / James Kierstead -- 7 The Comparative Approach in Grote’s History of Greece / Peter Liddel -- 8 Grote’s Sparta/Sparta’s Grote / Paul Cartledge -- 9 Grote’s Plato / Catherine Zuckert -- 10 The Sophists in Context: George Grote’s Reappraisal / Giovanni Giorgini -- 11 Grote on Alexander the Great / Pierre Briant -- 12 Grote on Aristotle’s Logic / Robin Smith -- 13 Grote’s Moral Philosophy and its Context / Jerome B. Schneewind -- Appendix: George Grote on James Mill’s “Government” -- Index of Names and Subjects. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459857203321 |
| Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Brill's companion to George Grote and the classical tradition / / edited by Kyriakos N. Demetriou
| Brill's companion to George Grote and the classical tradition / / edited by Kyriakos N. Demetriou |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (432 p.) |
| Disciplina | 938.0072/02 |
| Collana | Brill's Companions to Classical Reception |
| Soggetto topico |
Civilization, Classical - Historiography
Classicists - Great Britain Platonists - Great Britain Historians - Great Britain |
| ISBN | 90-04-28049-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Kyriakos N. Demetriou -- 1 George Grote, The Philosophic Radical and Politician / Bruce Kinzer -- 2 James Mill and George Grote: A Benthamite Defence of “Theoretic Reform” / Antis Loizides -- 3 George Grote and Natural Religion / John R. Gibbins -- 4 Bentham, Mill, Grote, and An Analysis of the Influence of Natural Religion on the Temporal Happiness of Mankind / Catherine Fuller † -- 5 A Regular Politician in Breeches: The Life and Work of Harriet Lewin Grote / Sarah Richardson -- 6 Grote’s Athens: The Character of Democracy / James Kierstead -- 7 The Comparative Approach in Grote’s History of Greece / Peter Liddel -- 8 Grote’s Sparta/Sparta’s Grote / Paul Cartledge -- 9 Grote’s Plato / Catherine Zuckert -- 10 The Sophists in Context: George Grote’s Reappraisal / Giovanni Giorgini -- 11 Grote on Alexander the Great / Pierre Briant -- 12 Grote on Aristotle’s Logic / Robin Smith -- 13 Grote’s Moral Philosophy and its Context / Jerome B. Schneewind -- Appendix: George Grote on James Mill’s “Government” -- Index of Names and Subjects. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787149503321 |
| Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Brill's companion to George Grote and the classical tradition / / edited by Kyriakos N. Demetriou
| Brill's companion to George Grote and the classical tradition / / edited by Kyriakos N. Demetriou |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (432 p.) |
| Disciplina | 938.0072/02 |
| Collana | Brill's Companions to Classical Reception |
| Soggetto topico |
Civilization, Classical - Historiography
Classicists - Great Britain Platonists - Great Britain Historians - Great Britain |
| ISBN | 90-04-28049-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Kyriakos N. Demetriou -- 1 George Grote, The Philosophic Radical and Politician / Bruce Kinzer -- 2 James Mill and George Grote: A Benthamite Defence of “Theoretic Reform” / Antis Loizides -- 3 George Grote and Natural Religion / John R. Gibbins -- 4 Bentham, Mill, Grote, and An Analysis of the Influence of Natural Religion on the Temporal Happiness of Mankind / Catherine Fuller † -- 5 A Regular Politician in Breeches: The Life and Work of Harriet Lewin Grote / Sarah Richardson -- 6 Grote’s Athens: The Character of Democracy / James Kierstead -- 7 The Comparative Approach in Grote’s History of Greece / Peter Liddel -- 8 Grote’s Sparta/Sparta’s Grote / Paul Cartledge -- 9 Grote’s Plato / Catherine Zuckert -- 10 The Sophists in Context: George Grote’s Reappraisal / Giovanni Giorgini -- 11 Grote on Alexander the Great / Pierre Briant -- 12 Grote on Aristotle’s Logic / Robin Smith -- 13 Grote’s Moral Philosophy and its Context / Jerome B. Schneewind -- Appendix: George Grote on James Mill’s “Government” -- Index of Names and Subjects. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811811203321 |
| Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A companion to Greek and Roman historiography / / John Marincola
| A companion to Greek and Roman historiography / / John Marincola |
| Autore | Marincola John |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicester : , : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1710 pages) |
| Disciplina | 937.0072 |
| Collana | Blackwell companions to the ancient world A companion to Greek and Roman historiography |
| ISBN | 1-4443-9382-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover Page; Contents Page; Endorsements Page; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contributors Page; Preface; Acknowledgments; Ancient Authors: Abbreviations; Reference Works: Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Approaching Classical Historiography; 2 Evolving Approaches; 3 Developmental Models; Part I: Contexts; Chapter 1: The Place of History in the Ancient World; 1 Preliminary Considerations; 2 The Place of History and the Place of Historiography; 3 Historiography as a Literary Genre rather than a Science
4 The Study of the Past: Historiography in the Ancient School-System 5 Historiography's Audience; Chapter 2: The Origin of Greek Historiography; 1 Terms of the Problem; 2 Historiographos, Historia; 3 "Historical" Understanding; 4 The Thucydidean Rupture; Chapter 3: History and Historia: Inquiry in the Greek Historians; 1 Introduction: The Long-Lasting "Greek" Tradition of Historical Research; 2 Herodotus and Thucydides: Contending Founders of the Tradition of Inquiry in Greek Historiography; 3 Continuity and Discontinuity; 4 Final Thoughts; Chapter 4: Documents and the Greek Historians Chapter 5: The Prehistory of Roman Historiography 1; 2; 3; 4; Chapter 6: Myth and Historiography; 1 Introduction; 2 "Myth" and Muthos; 3 Spatium Mythicum?; 4 Myths and Historical Sub-Genres; 5 Approaches to Myths; 6 Conclusion; Chapter 7: The Construction of Meaning in the First Three Historians; 1 Introduction; 2 Rescuing the Remarkable from Oblivion; 3 Recording Judgment; 4 Deploying the Authorial Narrator's Voice; 5 Recounting Narrative: "One Damn Thing after Another"; 6 Conclusion; Chapter 8: Characterization in Ancient Historiography; 1 Introduction; 2 Consistency in Characterization 3 The Expression of Personality 4 Indirect Characterization; 5 Characterization by Word and Deed; 6 Structural Characterization; 7 Character Change and Development; Character and Behavior; 8 Conclusion; Chapter 9: Speeches in Classical Historiography; 1 Introduction; 2 Writing Speeches: Truth vs. Probability?; 3 Conventions; 4 Past and Present; Chapter 10: Readers and Reception: A Text Case; Part II: Surveys; Chapter 11: The Development of the War Monograph; 1 Introduction; 2 Polybius, Monographs, and Universal History; 3 War, Homer, and the Historians; 4 Conclusion Chapter 12: Continuous Histories (Hellenica) 1 Introduction; 2 Definition; Chapter 13: Universal History from Ephorus to Diodorus; 1 Writing "Universally"; 2 Ephorus; 3 Theopompus; 4 Diodorus of Sicily; 5 Conclusion; Chapter 14: Local History and Atthidography; 1 Introduction; 2 Form and Style; 3 Content and Sources; 4 Origins; 5 Conclusion; Chapter 15: Western Greek Historiography; 1 Introduction; 2 Hippys of Rhegium; 3 Antiochus of Syracuse; 4 Philistus of Syracuse; 5 Timaeus of Tauromenium; Chapter 16: Greek Historians of Persia; 1 Introduction; 2 Fifth-Century Authors of Persica; 3 Ctesias; 4 Ctesias' Successors |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785800303321 |
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Marincola John
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| Chicester : , : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., , 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A companion to Greek and Roman historiography / / John Marincola
| A companion to Greek and Roman historiography / / John Marincola |
| Autore | Marincola John |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicester : , : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1710 pages) |
| Disciplina | 937.0072 |
| Collana | Blackwell companions to the ancient world A companion to Greek and Roman historiography |
| ISBN |
9781444393828
1444393820 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover Page; Contents Page; Endorsements Page; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contributors Page; Preface; Acknowledgments; Ancient Authors: Abbreviations; Reference Works: Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Approaching Classical Historiography; 2 Evolving Approaches; 3 Developmental Models; Part I: Contexts; Chapter 1: The Place of History in the Ancient World; 1 Preliminary Considerations; 2 The Place of History and the Place of Historiography; 3 Historiography as a Literary Genre rather than a Science
4 The Study of the Past: Historiography in the Ancient School-System 5 Historiography's Audience; Chapter 2: The Origin of Greek Historiography; 1 Terms of the Problem; 2 Historiographos, Historia; 3 "Historical" Understanding; 4 The Thucydidean Rupture; Chapter 3: History and Historia: Inquiry in the Greek Historians; 1 Introduction: The Long-Lasting "Greek" Tradition of Historical Research; 2 Herodotus and Thucydides: Contending Founders of the Tradition of Inquiry in Greek Historiography; 3 Continuity and Discontinuity; 4 Final Thoughts; Chapter 4: Documents and the Greek Historians Chapter 5: The Prehistory of Roman Historiography 1; 2; 3; 4; Chapter 6: Myth and Historiography; 1 Introduction; 2 "Myth" and Muthos; 3 Spatium Mythicum?; 4 Myths and Historical Sub-Genres; 5 Approaches to Myths; 6 Conclusion; Chapter 7: The Construction of Meaning in the First Three Historians; 1 Introduction; 2 Rescuing the Remarkable from Oblivion; 3 Recording Judgment; 4 Deploying the Authorial Narrator's Voice; 5 Recounting Narrative: "One Damn Thing after Another"; 6 Conclusion; Chapter 8: Characterization in Ancient Historiography; 1 Introduction; 2 Consistency in Characterization 3 The Expression of Personality 4 Indirect Characterization; 5 Characterization by Word and Deed; 6 Structural Characterization; 7 Character Change and Development; Character and Behavior; 8 Conclusion; Chapter 9: Speeches in Classical Historiography; 1 Introduction; 2 Writing Speeches: Truth vs. Probability?; 3 Conventions; 4 Past and Present; Chapter 10: Readers and Reception: A Text Case; Part II: Surveys; Chapter 11: The Development of the War Monograph; 1 Introduction; 2 Polybius, Monographs, and Universal History; 3 War, Homer, and the Historians; 4 Conclusion Chapter 12: Continuous Histories (Hellenica) 1 Introduction; 2 Definition; Chapter 13: Universal History from Ephorus to Diodorus; 1 Writing "Universally"; 2 Ephorus; 3 Theopompus; 4 Diodorus of Sicily; 5 Conclusion; Chapter 14: Local History and Atthidography; 1 Introduction; 2 Form and Style; 3 Content and Sources; 4 Origins; 5 Conclusion; Chapter 15: Western Greek Historiography; 1 Introduction; 2 Hippys of Rhegium; 3 Antiochus of Syracuse; 4 Philistus of Syracuse; 5 Timaeus of Tauromenium; Chapter 16: Greek Historians of Persia; 1 Introduction; 2 Fifth-Century Authors of Persica; 3 Ctesias; 4 Ctesias' Successors |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911103201503321 |
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Marincola John
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| Chicester : , : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., , 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A companion to Greek and Roman historiography / / John Marincola
| A companion to Greek and Roman historiography / / John Marincola |
| Autore | Marincola John |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicester : , : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1710 pages) |
| Disciplina | 937.0072 |
| Collana | Blackwell companions to the ancient world A companion to Greek and Roman historiography |
| ISBN |
9781444393828
1444393820 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover Page; Contents Page; Endorsements Page; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contributors Page; Preface; Acknowledgments; Ancient Authors: Abbreviations; Reference Works: Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Approaching Classical Historiography; 2 Evolving Approaches; 3 Developmental Models; Part I: Contexts; Chapter 1: The Place of History in the Ancient World; 1 Preliminary Considerations; 2 The Place of History and the Place of Historiography; 3 Historiography as a Literary Genre rather than a Science
4 The Study of the Past: Historiography in the Ancient School-System 5 Historiography's Audience; Chapter 2: The Origin of Greek Historiography; 1 Terms of the Problem; 2 Historiographos, Historia; 3 "Historical" Understanding; 4 The Thucydidean Rupture; Chapter 3: History and Historia: Inquiry in the Greek Historians; 1 Introduction: The Long-Lasting "Greek" Tradition of Historical Research; 2 Herodotus and Thucydides: Contending Founders of the Tradition of Inquiry in Greek Historiography; 3 Continuity and Discontinuity; 4 Final Thoughts; Chapter 4: Documents and the Greek Historians Chapter 5: The Prehistory of Roman Historiography 1; 2; 3; 4; Chapter 6: Myth and Historiography; 1 Introduction; 2 "Myth" and Muthos; 3 Spatium Mythicum?; 4 Myths and Historical Sub-Genres; 5 Approaches to Myths; 6 Conclusion; Chapter 7: The Construction of Meaning in the First Three Historians; 1 Introduction; 2 Rescuing the Remarkable from Oblivion; 3 Recording Judgment; 4 Deploying the Authorial Narrator's Voice; 5 Recounting Narrative: "One Damn Thing after Another"; 6 Conclusion; Chapter 8: Characterization in Ancient Historiography; 1 Introduction; 2 Consistency in Characterization 3 The Expression of Personality 4 Indirect Characterization; 5 Characterization by Word and Deed; 6 Structural Characterization; 7 Character Change and Development; Character and Behavior; 8 Conclusion; Chapter 9: Speeches in Classical Historiography; 1 Introduction; 2 Writing Speeches: Truth vs. Probability?; 3 Conventions; 4 Past and Present; Chapter 10: Readers and Reception: A Text Case; Part II: Surveys; Chapter 11: The Development of the War Monograph; 1 Introduction; 2 Polybius, Monographs, and Universal History; 3 War, Homer, and the Historians; 4 Conclusion Chapter 12: Continuous Histories (Hellenica) 1 Introduction; 2 Definition; Chapter 13: Universal History from Ephorus to Diodorus; 1 Writing "Universally"; 2 Ephorus; 3 Theopompus; 4 Diodorus of Sicily; 5 Conclusion; Chapter 14: Local History and Atthidography; 1 Introduction; 2 Form and Style; 3 Content and Sources; 4 Origins; 5 Conclusion; Chapter 15: Western Greek Historiography; 1 Introduction; 2 Hippys of Rhegium; 3 Antiochus of Syracuse; 4 Philistus of Syracuse; 5 Timaeus of Tauromenium; Chapter 16: Greek Historians of Persia; 1 Introduction; 2 Fifth-Century Authors of Persica; 3 Ctesias; 4 Ctesias' Successors |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911143239603321 |
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Marincola John
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| Chicester : , : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., , 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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