Greek historiography /

Scanlon, Thomas Francis,

Greek historiography / Thomas F. Scanlon. - 1 online resource. - Blackwell introductions to the classical world . - Blackwell introductions to the classical world. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Origins and early forms -- Herodotus on the limits of happiness: beyond epic, lyric, and logography -- Thucydides on the ends of power -- Xenophon on leadership and moral authority -- History and rhetoric in fourth century historians -- Diversity and innovation in the Hellenistic era -- Polybius on the supremacy of a balanced state -- Greek historians in the Roman era -- Concluding observations on Greek historical writing.

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Historiography.
HISTORY / Ancient / Greece


Greece--Historiography.
Greece.


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