Literary texts and the Greek historian

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Literary texts and the Greek historian

Christopher Pelling

(Approaching the ancient world)

Routledge, 2000

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [306]-324) and indexes

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Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780415073509

Description

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780415073516

Description

Accessible introduction designed to help students understand. The complexity of historical sources and historiography. Christopher Pelling is well known and well respected. Comprehensive survey and well-documented with source material.

Table of Contents

  • Chapter 1 A culture of rhetoric
  • Chapter 2 Rhetoric and history (415 BC)
  • Chapter 3 How far would they go? Plutarch on Nicias and Alcibiades
  • Chapter 4 Rhetoric and history II
  • Chapter 5 Explaining the war
  • Chapter 6 Thucydides' speeches
  • Chapter 7 'You cannot be serious'
  • Chapter 8 Aristophanes' Acharnians (425 BC)
  • Chapter 9 Tragedy and ideology
  • Chapter 10 Lysistrata and others
  • Chapter 11 Conclusions

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