{"product_id":"greek-historiography-isbn-9781405145220","title":"Greek Historiography","description":"This volume provides an accessible, comprehensive, and up-to-date survey of the ancient Greek genre of historical writing from its origins before Herodotus to the Greek historians of the Roman imperial era, seven centuries later. \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocuses on the themes of power and human nature, causation, divine justice, leadership, civilization versus barbarism, legacy, and literary reception\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes thorough summaries alongside textual analysis that signpost key passages and highlight thematic connections, helping readers navigate their way through the original texts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSituates historical writing among the forms of epic and lyric poetry, drama, philosophy, and science\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses the best current translations and includes a detailed list of further reading that includes important new scholarship\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Origins and Early Forms of Greek Historiography 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Herodotus and the Limits of Happiness: Beyond Epic, Lyric, and Logography 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Thucydides on the Ends of Power 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Xenophon on Leadership and Moral Authority 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: History and Rhetoric in Fourth]Century Historians 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Diversity and Innovation in the Hellenistic Era 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Polybius on the Supremacy of a Balanced State 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Greek Historians in the Roman Era 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Concluding Observations on Greek Historical Writing 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex Locorum 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 317\u003c\/p\u003e \"...certainly merits to be considered as a textbook for notably undergraduate students of the subject. To its value adds the fact that it is well written, well produced, that it provides...a concise guide for further reading..., an elaborate \"index locorum\", and an efficient and comprehensive general index. In providing these assets, the book...offers an excellent value for its price.\" - Classical Journal \u003cb\u003eThomas F. Scanlon\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Classics and Chair of the Department of Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages at the University of California, Riverside. He has published several books on Greek and Roman history, including most recently \u003ci\u003eSport in the Greek and Roman Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) and \u003ci\u003eEros and Greek Athletics\u003c\/i\u003e (2002). \u003cp\u003eIn this comprehensive new volume, Thomas Scanlon provides an accessible and up-to-date survey of the ancient Greek genre of historical writing from its origins before Herodotus to the Greek historians of the Roman imperial era, seven centuries later. Situating historical writing among the forms of epic and lyric poetry, drama, philosophy, and science for which the Greeks are already so well known\u003ci\u003e, Greek Historiography\u003c\/i\u003e examines individual historian’s perspectives on power and human nature as a means of tracing the early evolution of ancient Greek history. From Thucydides to Polybius, the volume considers pervading questions of causation, divine justice, leadership, civilization versus barbarism, legacy, and literary reception. Alongside sophisticated close reading, Scanlon provides thorough summaries that signpost key passages and highlight thematic links to help readers navigate their way through the original texts.\u003c\/p\u003e Citing the most up-to-date translations and featuring a comprehensive list of further reading that includes important new scholarship, \u003ci\u003eGreek Historiography\u003c\/i\u003e will prove to be an essential tool for anyone interested in better understanding the evolution of Greek historical writing.","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989310619877,"sku":"NP9781405145220","price":78.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405145220.jpg?v=1761783618","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/greek-historiography-isbn-9781405145220","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}