History and Biography in Ancient Thought /

In this volume, the authors analyse ancient theories concerning the nature and the aims of historiography as well as biography. Such theories are investigated in their historical development, with special regard to the problem of oral communication in antiquity.

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Main Authors: Gentili, B. (Author), Cerri, G. (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1988.

Series: Classical Studies - Book Archive pre-2000
London Studies in Classical Philology ; 20.

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505 0 |t Front Matter -- Preliminary Material /  |r Bruno Gentili and Giovanni Cerri -- Preface /  |r Bruno Gentili and Giovanni Cerri -- Abbreviations /  |r Bruno Gentili and Giovanni Cerri -- Chapter I Theories of Historical Narrative /  |r Bruno Gentili and Giovanni Cerri -- Chapter II Aspects and Trends in Archaic Roman Historiography /  |r Bruno Gentili and Giovanni Cerri -- Chapter III The Idea of Biography /  |r Bruno Gentili and Giovanni Cerri -- Back Matter -- Appendix I The Pontifical Chronicle /  |r Bruno Gentili and Giovanni Cerri -- Appendix II On Literary Genres /  |r Bruno Gentili and Giovanni Cerri -- Appendix III Towards a Correct Interpretation of «Phrasai» in the Fragment of Duris /  |r Bruno Gentili and Giovanni Cerri -- Index of Sources /  |r Bruno Gentili and Giovanni Cerri -- Index of Key Words and Themes /  |r Bruno Gentili and Giovanni Cerri -- Index of Names /  |r Bruno Gentili and Giovanni Cerri. 
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