A Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography, 2 Volume Set

Книга A Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography (2 Volume Set) A Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography (2 Volume Set) Книги Исторические Автор: John Marincola Год издания: 2008 Формат: pdf Издат.:Wiley-Blackwell Страниц: 656 Размер: 3,3 ISBN: 1405102160 Язык: Английский0 (голосов: 0) Оценка: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 scholars Presents broad, chronological treatments of important issues in the writing of history and antiquity These 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 historians Contains essays on the neighbouring genres of tragedy, biography, and epic, among others, and their relationship to history A COMPANION TO GREEK AND ROMAN HISTORIOGRAPHY 2 Contents 8 Notes on Contributors 13 Preface 21 Acknowledgments 23 Ancient Authors: Abbreviations 25 Reference Works: Abbreviations 38 Introduction 44 VOLUME I 2 PART I Contexts 54 Chapter 1: The Place of History in the Ancient World 56 Chapter 2: The Origin of Greek Historiography 70 Chapter 3: History and Historia: Inquiry in the Greek Historians 82 Chapter 4: Documents and the Greek Historians 99 Chapter 5: The Prehistory of Roman Historiography 110 Chapter 6: Myth and Historiography 119 Chapter 7: The Construction of Meaning in the First Three Historians 132 Chapter 8: Characterization in Ancient Historiography 145 Chapter 9: Speeches in Classical Historiography 161 Chapter 10: Readers and Reception: A Text Case 176 PART II Surveys 188 Chapter 11: The Development of the War Monograph 190 Chapter 12: Continuous Histories (Hellenica) 202 Chapter 13: Universal History from Ephorus to Diodorus 214 Chapter 14: Local History and Atthidography 223 Chapter 15: Western Greek Historiography 232 Chapter 16: Greek Historians of Persia 243 Chapter 17: The Historians of Alexander the Great 253 Chapter 18: Greek Historians of the Near East: Clio’s "Other" Sons 264 Chapter 19: The Jewish Appropriation of Hellenistic Historiography 274 Chapter 20: The Greek Historians of Rome 287 Chapter 21: The Early Roman Tradition 302 Chapter 22: Memoir and Autobiography in Republican Rome 309 Chapter 23: Roman Historiography in the Late Republic 318 Chapter 24: The Emperor and his Historians 333 Chapter 25: The Epitomizing Tradition in Late Antiquity 348 VOLUME II 362 PART III Readings 384 Chapter 26: To Each His Own: Simonides and Herodotus on Thermopylae 386 Chapter 27: Rhampsinitos and the Clever Thief (Herodotus 2.121) 393 Chapter 28: The Enigma of Discourse: A View of Thucydides 399 Chapter 29: Contest (Agōn) in Thucydides 407 Chapter 30: Narrative Manner and Xenophon’s More Routine Hellenica 413 Chapter 31: Fortune (tychē) in Polybius 420 Chapter 32: Polybius and Aetolia: A Historiographical Approach 427 Chapter 33: Diodorus Siculus on the Third Sacred War 434 Chapter 34: Caesar’s Account of the Battle of Massilia (BC 1.34–2.22): Some Historiographical and Narratological Approaches 442 Chapter 35: The Politics of Sallustian Style 450 Chapter 36: The Translation of Catiline 456 Chapter 37: Claudius Quadrigarius and Livy’s Second Pentad 462 Chapter 38: Fog on the Mountain: Philip and Mt. Haemus in Livy, 40.21–22 468 Chapter 39: Clothing Cincinnatus: Dionysius of Halicarnassus 475 Chapter 40: The Imperial Republic of Velleius Paterculus 482 Chapter 41: Josephus and the Cannibalism of Mary (BJ 6.199–219) 490 Chapter 42: Quintus Curtius Rufus on the "Good King": The Dioxippus Episode in Book 9.7.16–26 498 Chapter 43: Tacitus and the Battle of Mons Graupius: A Historiographical Route Map? 505 Chapter 44: Feast Your Eyes on This: Vitellius as a Stock Tyrant (Tac. Hist. 3.36–39) 512 Chapter 45: Arrian, Alexander, and the Pursuit of Glory 518 Chapter 46: Toward a Literary Evaluation of Appian’s Civil Wars, Book 1 525 Chapter 47: Cassius Dio: A Senator and Historian in the Age of Anxiety 532 Chapter 48: Ammianus’ Roman Digressions and the Audience of the Res Gestae 539 Chapter 49: "To Forge Their Tongues to Grander Styles": Ammianus’ Epilogue 545 PART IV Neighbors 552 Chapter 50: Epic and Historiography at Rome 554 Chapter 51: Ethnography and History 564 Chapter 52: Tragedy and History 575 Chapter 53: Antiquarianism and History 586 Chapter 54: Biography and History 599 Chapter 55: Geography and History 612 Chapter 56: Fiction and History: Historiography and the Novel 624 PART V Transition 636 Chapter 57: Late Antique Historiography, 250–650 CE 638 Bibliography 653 Index Locorum 713 General Index 748

a Companion To Greek And Roman Historiography Reflects The New Directions And Interpretations That Have Arisen In The Field Of Classical Historiography In The Past Few Decades. In A Series Of Cutting-edge Articles By Authoritative Scholars, These Volumes Communicate The Results Of Recent Research, And Demonstrate The Diversity Of Approaches Towards The Past In Studies Of The Ancient World.

this Two-volume companion Includes Five Sections. The First Presents Broad, Diachronic Treatments Of Important Issues In The Writing Of History In Antiquity. In The Second Section, The Major Genres And Sub-genres Of Classical Historiography Are Covered In Individual Articles. The Third Section Presents Readings Of Individual Historians And Works, While The Fourth Section Looks At Those Genres – Biography, Epic And Fiction – On The Borders Of Historiography. The Final Part Explores The Transition Into Late Antiquity.

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 scholars Presents broad, chronological treatments of important issues in the writing of history and antiquity These 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 historians Contains essays on the neighbouring genres of tragedy, biography, and epic, among others, and their relationship to history