On writing history : from Herodotus to Herodian /

On writing history : from Herodotus to Herodian /

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Imprint:	[London] : Penguin Random House UK, 2017.
Description:	lxxi, 600 pages ; 20 cm
Language:	English
Series:	Penguin classics Penguin classics.
Subject:	History, Ancient -- Historiography. Historiography. History, Ancient -- Historiography. Greece -- Historiography. Rome -- Historiography. Greece. Rome (Empire)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11811351

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Other authors / contributors:	Marincola, John, editor, translator.
ISBN:	0141393572 9780141393575 9780141393582
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	This anthology of writings from the ancient world explores how history should be written and what responsibility the historian bears. It ranges from longer pieces, such as the complete essays 'On Thucydides' by Dionysus, 'On the Malice of Herodotus' by Plutarch and the witty 'How to Write History' by Lucian, to key shorter writings by Polybius, Cicero, Xenophon and Pliny the Younger.

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