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Greek and Roman historians : information and misinformation

Author: Michael Grant
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Genre/Form: Biography
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Michael Grant
ISBN: 0415117690 9780415117692 0415117704 9780415117708 9780203645369 0203645367
OCLC Number: 30974327
Description: xii, 172 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Contents: 1. Ancient and Modern Historians. The historians of Greece and Rome --
2. The Historians and Other Disciplines. History and poetry. History and rhetoric and philosophy. History and documents --
3. Sources and Strangeness. Sources and rumours. Selection. Speeches, digressions and cycles. Religion and portents. Too little economic and social history --
4. Misinformation and Mistakes. Love of a story. Self-justification. Influences. Chauvinism. Wars. Biography. Moralising. Error --
5. Should We Read the Ancient Historians? Fact and fiction. Literary excellence --
6. Other Sources of Information. Other historians. Lost historians. Information from other sources. Misinformation from other sources --
Bibliography - Ancient writers: Greek --
Bibliography - Ancient writers: Latin --
Bibliography - Modern writers.
Responsibility: Michael Grant.
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