{"product_id":"a-companion-to-greek-and-roman-historiography-isbn-9781444339239","title":"A Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography","description":"This two-volume \u003ci\u003eCompanion to Greek and Roman Historiography\u003c\/i\u003e reflects the new directions and interpretations that have arisen in the field of ancient historiography in the past few decades.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eComprises a series of cutting edge articles written by recognised scholars\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents broad, chronological treatments of important issues in the writing of history and antiquity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThese are complemented by chapters on individual genres and sub-genres from the fifth century B.C.E. to the fourth century C.E.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a series of interpretative readings on the individual historians\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains essays on the neighbouring genres of tragedy, biography, and epic, among others, and their relationship to history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes on Contributors xii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface xx\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments xxii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAncient Authors: Abbreviations xxiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReference Works: Abbreviations xxxvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Marincola\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I Contexts 11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Place of History in the Ancient World 13\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRoberto Nicolai\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Origin of Greek Historiography 27\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCatherine Darbo-Peschanski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 History and Historia: Inquiry in the Greek Historians 39\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuido Schepens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Documents and the Greek Historians 56\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eP. J. Rhodes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Prehistory of Roman Historiography 67\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eT. P. Wiseman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Myth and Historiography 76\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSuzanne Saïd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Construction of Meaning in the First Three Historians 89\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarolyn Dewald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Characterization in Ancient Historiography 102\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eL. V. Pitcher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Speeches in Classical Historiography 118\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Marincola\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Readers and Reception: A Text Case 133\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA. J. Woodman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II Surveys 145\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Development of the War Monograph 147\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTim Rood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Continuous Histories (Hellenica) 159\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristopher Tuplin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Universal History from Ephorus to Diodorus 171\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Marincola\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Local History and Atthidography 180\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhillip Harding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Western Greek Historiography 189\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRiccardo Vattuone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Greek Historians of Persia 200\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDominique Lenfant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Historians of Alexander the Great 210\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrea Zambrini\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Greek Historians of the Near East: Clio’s ‘‘Other’’ Sons 221\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Dillery\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 The Jewish Appropriation of Hellenistic Historiography 231\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGregory E. Sterling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The Greek Historians of Rome 244\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristopher Pelling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 The Early Roman Tradition 259\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHans Beck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Memoir and Autobiography in Republican Rome 266\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew M. Riggsby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Roman Historiography in the Late Republic 275\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eD. S. Levene\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 The Emperor and his Historians 290\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Matthews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 The Epitomizing Tradition in Late Antiquity 305\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas M. Banchich\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III Readings 313\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 To Each His Own: Simonides and Herodotus on Thermopylae 315\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePietro Vannicelli\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Rhampsinitos and the Clever Thief (Herodotus 2.121) 322\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephanie West\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 The Enigma of Discourse: A View of Thucydides 328\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLeone Porciani\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Contest (Ago ¯n) in Thucydides 336\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDonald Lateiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Narrative Manner and Xenophon’s More Routine Hellenica 342\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVivienne Gray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Fortune (tych¯e) in Polybius 349\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrank W. Walbank\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Polybius and Aetolia: A Historiographical Approach 356\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCraige B. Champion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Diodorus Siculus on the Third Sacred War 363\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Green\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Caesar’s Account of the Battle of Massilia (BC 1.34–2.22): Some Historiographical and Narratological Approaches 371\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristina Shuttleworth Kraus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 The Politics of Sallustian Style 379\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEllen O’Gorman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 The Translation of Catiline 385\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew Feldherr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Claudius Quadrigarius and Livy’s Second Pentad 391\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGary Forsythe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Fog on the Mountain: Philip and Mt. Haemus in Livy 40.21–22 397\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary Jaeger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Clothing Cincinnatus: Dionysius of Halicarnassus 404\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClemence Schultze\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 The Imperial Republic of Velleius Paterculus 411\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlain M. Gowing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Josephus and the Cannibalism of Mary (BJ 6.199–219) 419\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHonora Howell Chapman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Quintus Curtius Rufus on the ‘‘Good King’’: The Dioxippus Episode in Book 9.7.16–26 427\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eE. J. Baynham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Tacitus and the Battle of Mons Graupius: A Historiographical Route Map? 434\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRhiannon Ash\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 Feast Your Eyes on This: Vitellius as a Stock Tyrant (Tac. Hist. 3.36–39) 441\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Keitel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 Arrian, Alexander, and the Pursuit of Glory 447\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA. B. Bosworth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 Toward a Literary Evaluation of Appian’s Civil Wars, Book 1 454\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGregory S. Bucher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47 Cassius Dio: A Senator and Historian in the Age of Anxiety 461\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMartin Hose\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 Ammianus’ Roman Digressions and the Audience of the Res Gestae 468\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Rohrbacher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49 ‘‘To Forge Their Tongues to Grander Styles’’: Ammianus’ Epilogue 474\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGavin Kelly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV Neighbors 481\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e50 Epic and Historiography at Rome 483\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMatthew Leigh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e51 Ethnography and History 493\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEmma Dench\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e52 Tragedy and History 504\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard Rutherford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e53 Antiquarianism and History 515\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBenedetto Bravo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e54 Biography and History 528\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhilip Stadter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e55 Geography and History 541\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohannes Engels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e56 Fiction and History: Historiography and the Novel 553\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ. R. Morgan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART V Transition 565\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e57 Late Antique Historiography, 250–650 CE 567\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrian Croke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBibliography 582\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex Locorum 642\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeneral Index 677\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Marincola\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Classics at Florida State University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAuthority and Tradition in Ancient Historiography\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), \u003ci\u003eGreek Historians \u003c\/i\u003e(2001) and, with Michael A. Flower, \u003ci\u003eHerodotus: Histories Book IX\u003c\/i\u003e (2002). He is currently at work on a book on Hellenistic historiography.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"This is a major work … that any library serving scholars in or relating to this field—and there will be many and widely distributed among disciplines—will need to purchase … .It is logically planned and constructed.\" (\u003ci\u003eReference Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, Issue 5 2008)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\"Marincola personally speaks with authority on the entire tradition of ancient historiography, both Greek and Roman … and has collected a fine supporting cast of no fewer than 56 scholars.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Anglo-Hellenic Review\u003c\/i\u003e, Autumn 2008)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This new Companion gives a hearty boost to the ‘We are winning!’ camp, in its sustained engagement with this important issue … and also in its sheer energy and vivacity. One finds oneself with a veritable host of companions at one's elbow, each with a distinctive style and personality, and the product of various nationalities and scholarly traditions. The juxtaposition captures vividly the flavor of current scholarly debate, particularly since the majority of contributors are central figures in their area of scholarship. The volume represents an exhilarating compendium of cutting-edge perspectives on a range of themes. This tremendously valuable two-tome assembly of a stellar array of scholars and scholarship-its whole indeed greater than the sum of its parts-is a credit to its editor and publisher, displays the vibrancy of the field, and will well serve scholars and students in years to come.” (\u003ci\u003eNew England Classical Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, November 2008)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"All that you ever needed to know about Greek and Roman historians and current academic study thereon.\" (\u003ci\u003eJournal of Classics Teaching\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Major work on a major genre … with no rival in English (or any other language) … .An indispensable guide to the subject. Essential.” (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Thorough, vigorous and up-to-date treatment of the subject, it should find a place on the shelves of scholars and students of antiquity alike.” (\u003ci\u003eBryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988608008421,"sku":"NP9781444339239","price":63.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781444339239.jpg?v=1761780954","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-companion-to-greek-and-roman-historiography-isbn-9781444339239","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}