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The Greek Historians (Hardcover, New)
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Total price: R4,145
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The Greeks invented history as a literary genre in the fifth
century B.C. The first historians owed much to Homer and adopted
his vivid and direct style in narrating historical events. Yet,
despite the influence of Homer the birth of history was basically a
reaction against mythical accounts of the past. Homer wrote about
war and travel in foreign lands, in the distant and mythical past.
In contrast, the Greek historians of the fifth century wrote about
contemporary or very recent events, where eye witnesses could be
interviewed and facts checked. The Greek Historians follows the
development of history from Herodotus, via Thucydides, Xenophon and
Polybius, until the Hellenistic age. It introduces the individual
writers and their topics, yet it also outlines their attitudes to
historiography and their criticisms of each other. Such themes as
the uses and value of truth and causation are traced, as well as
the growing constraints on free speech under Hellenistic monarchs
and the Romans. Written in an accessibleand captivating manner,
with suggestions for further reading, this book serves as a lucid
introduction to Greek historians and writing of history.
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