Writing Ancient History
An Introduction to Classical Historiography
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9322678 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Luke Pitcher (0000-0002-1486-0197, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Writing Ancient History (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | I.B.Tauris (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5040/9780755697465 |
| OpenAlex | W4255184310 |
| ISBN | 9780755697465 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon’, said Napoleon. Yet the actual writing of history, especially ancient history, is a practice that often prompts more discord than assent. In his new textbook, Luke Pitcher aims to overcome the hostility which exists between two rival camps in their study of classical historiography. The first camp looks at the classical historians with an eye to what data they can provide about the ancient world. The second camp examines the ancient writers as literary texts in their own right, employing the tools of literary criticism and engaging with such matters as narrative artistry.Attempting to fuse these two – mutually suspicious – approaches, Luke Pitcher’s attractive introduction offers undergraduate students of classics the first comprehensive introduction to historiography in antiquity on the market. It unites the nitty-gritty of the historian’s trade (the finding and managing of data)
Allusion · Anachronism · Archaeology · Art · Historiography · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Style (visual arts · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · History · Law
Xenophon’s Apology and Memorabilia
Xenophon and Greek Political Thought
Xenophon’s Views on Sparta
Xenophon’s Changing Fortunes in the Modern World
Xenophon’s Place in Fourth-Century Greek Historiography
Xenophon’s Anabasis and Hellenica
Xenophon and his Times
Xenophon’s Authorial Voice
Xenophon’s Oeconomicus
Xenophon on Leadership
Xenophon’s Narrative Style
Xenophon and the Instruction of Princes
Epilogue
Xenophon as a Historian
Xenophon’s Language and Expression
Xenophon and Athens
Xenophon
Xenophon’s Influence in Imperial Greece
Xenophon on Persia
The Character and Function of Speeches in Xenophon
Xenophon and Greek Philosophy
Xenophon’s Cyropaedia
Greco-Roman Historiography
Framing the Reading Experience of an Apocryphal Text
The Cambridge Companion to Xenophon
Compilation or Tradition? Some Thoughts on the Methods of Historians and Other Scholars in Antiquity
| Citations per year | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2024 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |