Moral History from Herodotus to Diodorus Siculus
ISBN: 9781474411080
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Edinburgh University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: History ; Language & Literature;

Lisa Irene Hau argues that a driving force among Greek historians was the desire to use the past to teach lessons about the present and for the future. She uncovers the moral messages of the ancient Greek writers of history and the techniques they used to bring them across.


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