Chapter 3. Exile
The Making Of The Greek Historian
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20058098 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Dillery (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Pages | 51-70 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Writing Exile (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/ej.9789004155152.i-298.9 |
| OpenAlex | W758557383 |
| ISBN | 9789004155152 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Many observers, both ancient and modern, have noted beneficial effects of exile. One can argue that if exile is the making of historian, it would appear that a person could not be one without it in ancient Greek world, at least one worth talking about. Exile must have profoundly affected lives and output of historians who experienced it. This chapter shows that we must be on guard not to be careless in our use of word 'exile', a term that can cover a variety of experiences, some of which would not have shaped historian's views in quite way Ronald Syme, for one, seems to imagine. It generates at least some cause for doubt regarding some of pieces of testimony used by ancients and moderns to claim that particular Greek historians were exiled. Keywords: exile; Greek historians; Ronald Syme
Ancient Greek · Art · Literature · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Computer Science · History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2022 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |