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The ancient Greek historians / by J. B. Bury.

Title: The ancient Greek historians / by J. B. Bury.
Author: Bury, J. B. (John Bagnell), 1861-1927
Publication: New York : Dover Publications, 1958.

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Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012

Description

x, 281 pages; 21 cm

Summary

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.

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History

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The rise of Greek history in Ionia -- Herodotus -- Thucydides -- The development of Greek historiography after Thucydides -- Polybius (and Poseidonius) -- The influence of Greek on Roman historiography -- Views of the ancients concerning the use of history -- Appendix: The rehandling of his History by Thucydides.

ISBN

0486203972
9780486203973

LCCN

58011272

OCLC

405304

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Harvard Library