Greek Historians

Author : Torrey James Luce
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415105927
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Greek Historians written by Torrey James Luce and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Greeks invented history as a literary genre in the fifth century BC. This book follows the development of history from Herodotus, via Thucydides, Xenophon and Polybius, until the Hellenistic age.

Author : Mary Lefkowitz
Publisher : Modern Library
ISBN 13 : 1984854321
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Greek Histories written by Mary Lefkowitz and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2024-01-02 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the leading scholars behind The Greek Plays, a collection of the best translations of the foremost Greek historians, presenting a sweeping history of ancient Greece as recorded by its first chroniclers “Just the thing to remind us that human history, though lamentably a work in progress, is always something we can understand better.”—Sarah Ruden, translator of The Gospels and author of The Face of Water The historians of ancient Greece were pioneers of a new literary craft; their work stands among the world’s most enduring and important legacies and forms the foundation of a major modern discipline. This highly readable edition includes new and newly revised translations of selections from Herodotus—often called the “father of history”—Thucydides, Xenophon, and Plutarch, the four greatest Greek innovators of historical narrative. Here the reader will find their most important, and most widely taught, passages collected in a single volume. The excerpts chart the landmark events of ancient Greece and provide a comprehensive account of the entire classical Greek age. From the start the Greek historians demonstrated how broad and varied historical writing could be and brought their craft beyond a mere chronicle of past events. This volume explores each author’s interest in religion, leadership, character, and the lessons of war. How, for instance, should readers interpret Herodotus’ inclusion of speeches and dialogues, dreams, and oracles as part of the “factual” record? What did Thucydides understand about human nature that (as he said) stays constant throughout time? How did Plutarch frame historical biography as a means of depicting the moral qualities of great men? Complete with introductions to the works of each historian, footnotes providing context and explaining obscurities, maps, and an appendix on the Greek conduct of war, this volume is an invaluable resource for students and passionate readers of history alike.

Author : John Marincola
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780199225019
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Greek Historians written by John Marincola and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-12-13 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This survey of more recent work on Herodotus, Thucydides and Polybius synthesises some of the most important research from the last few decades.

Author : Michael Grant
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134828217
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Greek and Roman Historians written by Michael Grant and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grant shows us how the historians of antiquity routinely try to deceive, but he argues for the continuing vital importance of their work, and offers new ways of reading and interpreting it. An indispensible guide to using source-material.

Author : John Bagnell Bury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ancient Greek Historians written by John Bagnell Bury and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Bury covers the entire range of Greek historical writing form from its inception in the pseudo-historical aspects of the epics to the influence of Greek thought on Roman historiography. He shows how the idea of history became separated from the concept of recording and inventing mythologies, the introduction of a rationalistic view of history, the concept of political analysis, the influence of rhetoric on historical methodology, the effects of philosophy and the rise of antiquarianism on history, and dozens of similarly important topics. - back of book.

Author : Moses I. Finley
Publisher : Viking Adult
ISBN 13 : 9780670352449
Total Pages : 501 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Portable Greek Historians written by Moses I. Finley and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 1960-06-24 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential passages from the works of four "fathers of history"-Herodotus's History, Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, Xenophon's Anabasis, and Polybius's Histories.

Author : Thucydides
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 146558157X
Total Pages : 796 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of the Peloponnesian War written by Thucydides and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jonathan M. Hall
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118301277
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of the Archaic Greek World, ca. 1200-479 BCE written by Jonathan M. Hall and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-08-19 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of the Archaic Greek World offers a theme-based approach to the development of the Greek world in the years 1200-479 BCE. Updated and extended in this edition to include two new sections, expanded geographical coverage, a guide to electronic resources, and more illustrations Takes a critical and analytical look at evidence about the history of the archaic Greek World Involves the reader in the practice of history by questioning and reevaluating conventional beliefs Casts new light on traditional themes such as the rise of the city-state, citizen militias, and the origins of egalitarianism Provides a wealth of archaeological evidence, in a number of different specialties, including ceramics, architecture, and mortuary studies

Author : Michael Grant
Publisher : Barnes & Noble Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781566195997
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ancient Historians written by Michael Grant and published by Barnes & Noble Publishing. This book was released on 1994 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grant offers a study of the primary historians of Greece and Rome, discussing the works and methods of the founders of the historical discipline. These philosophers studied history as a moral discipline that bears meaningfully not only on the past but on future human conduct.

Author : Cornelius Conway Felton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.S2/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Selections from Greek Historians written by Cornelius Conway Felton and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: