The Portable Greek Historians
Title | The Portable Greek Historians PDF eBook |
Author | M. I. Finley |
Publisher | Penguin |
Total Pages | 512 |
Release | 1977-09-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1101127643 |
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.
The Portable Greek Historians
Title | The Portable Greek Historians PDF eBook |
Author | M. I. Finley |
Publisher | Viking Adult |
Total Pages | |
Release | 1959-01-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780670352715 |
The Portable Greek Historians
Title | The Portable Greek Historians PDF eBook |
Author | Moses I. Finley |
Publisher | Viking Adult |
Total Pages | 501 |
Release | 1960-06-24 |
Genre | Greece |
ISBN | 9780670352449 |
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.
The Greek Historians
Title | The Greek Historians PDF eBook |
Author | Moses I. Finley (ed) |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 518 |
Release | 1959 |
Genre | Greece |
ISBN |
The Greek Historians
Title | The Greek Historians PDF eBook |
Author | T. James Luce |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 176 |
Release | 2002-09-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1134845359 |
The Greeks invented history as a literary genre in the fifth century B.C. The first historians owed much to Homer and adopted his vivid and direct style in narrating historical events. Yet, despite the influence of Homer the birth of history was basically a reaction against mythical accounts of the past. Homer wrote about war and travel in foreign lands, in the distant and mythical past. In contrast, the Greek historians of the fifth century wrote about contemporary or very recent events, where eye witnesses could be interviewed and facts checked. The Greek Historians follows the development of history from Herodotus, via Thucydides, Xenophon and Polybius, until the Hellenistic age. It introduces the individual writers and their topics, yet it also outlines their attitudes to historiography and their criticisms of each other. Such themes as the uses and value of truth and causation are traced, as well as the growing constraints on free speech under Hellenistic monarchs and the Romans. Written in an accessible and captivating manner, with suggestions for further reading, this book serves as a lucid introduction to Greek historians and writing of history.
The Greek Historians
Title | The Greek Historians PDF eBook |
Author | M. I. Finley |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 501 |
Release | 1959 |
Genre | Greece |
ISBN |
The Greek Historians
Title | The Greek Historians PDF eBook |
Author | Torrey James Luce |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Total Pages | 176 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780415105927 |
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.