The Historians of Greece and Rome (BCPaperbacks)

Usher, Stephen

ISBN 10: 086292152X / ISBN 13: 9780862921521

Verlag: Bristol Classical Press, 1997

A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers GOR003763897

Inhaltsangabe:

Our understanding of Greek and Roman civilization is in considerable measure a product of the intelligence and literary skills of its historians. Writing at different times and from different vantage points, the surviving historians illustrate the influences to which the genre was subjected in the course of its development. After Herodotus had established history as an independent form of literature, Thucydides defined its purpose and set a high standard of scientific and literary skill. Xenophon introduced new and abiding characteristics and Polybius repudiated the influences of rhetoric and drama and introduced Hellenistic qualities and an new focus - Rome. Sallust, Caesar, Tacitus and Livy among others, commented on the affairs of the Roman Republic and Empire. This book provides a survey of the historians of the ancient Greek and Roman world, exporing their surviving work, style and influences.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Stephen Usher was Senior Lecturer in Classics at Royal Holloway College, University of London, UK.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Historians of Greece and Rome (...
Verlag: Bristol Classical Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Fair