Cicero and Historiography
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23630680 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P A Brunt (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Pages | 181-209 |
| Publication date | 1992-12-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Studies in Greek history and thought (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780198147831.003.0007 |
| OpenAlex | W4388390327 |
| ISBN | 9780198147831 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
There is a general consensus of scholarly opinion that with few exceptions Hellenistic historians sought primarily to ‘charm, divert, and edify’ and paid at most ‘lip-service to truth’; ‘if they deal with events already narrated by others, their overriding aim is not to outdo their predecessors in accuracy or balanced judgement, but to outshine them in splendid and dramatic description. Often the theme is chosen on artistic criteria, being a self-contained whole like a plot for tragedy’, and mere fables or irrelevant digressions are introduced ‘to alleviate the tedium of continuous narrative’.
Art · Charm (quantum number) · Cicero · Epistemology · Historiography · Judgement · Literature · Narrative · Plot (graphics) · Theme (computing) · Tragedy (event) · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · History · Mathematics · Philosophy
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God and man in the classical latin panegyric
Exemplary History and Arsacid Genealogy in Tacitus, Annals 6.31
The Life And Death Of Asclepiades Of Bithynia
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 1982 - 2024 (43) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |