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Moral history from Herodotus to Diodorus Siculus

Title
Moral history from Herodotus to Diodorus Siculus / Lisa Irene Hau.
Author
Hau, Lisa Irene
Publication
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2017.

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Description
1 online resource
Summary
Lisa Irene Hau argues that a driving force among Greek historians was the desire to use the past to teach lessons about the present and for the future. She uncovers the moral messages of the ancient Greek writers of history and the techniques they used to bring them across.
Subject
  • Ethics > Greece
  • Moral exhortation > Greece
Note
  • Previously issued in print: 2016.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience (note)
  • Specialized.
Language (note)
  • Text in English and Ancient Greek.
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 16, 2017).
ISBN
9781474422048
OCLC
EDZ0001740612
Author
Hau, Lisa Irene, author.
Title
Moral history from Herodotus to Diodorus Siculus / Lisa Irene Hau.
Publisher
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2017.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience
Specialized.
Language
Text in English and Ancient Greek.
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