Luce T James J (11 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very good. Very good softcover in printed wraps. 8vo. ( 5.43 x 0.38 x 8.5 inches) 7 pages in the chapter on Polybius has marginalia by the late Professor Peter Green. Includes list of abbreviations, further readings and an index. 156 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. The Greeks invented history as a literary genre in the fifth century B.C. The first historians owed much to Homer and adopted his vivid and direct style in narrating historical events. Yet, despite the influence of Homer the birth of history was basically a reaction against mythical accounts of the past. Homer wrote about war and travel in foreign lands, in the distant and mythical past. In contrast, the Greek historians of the fifth century wrote about contemporary or very recent events, where eye witnesses could be interviewed and facts checked. The Greek Historians follows the development of history from Herodotus, via Thucydides, Xenophon and Polybius, until the Hellenistic age. It introduces the individual writers and their topics, yet it also outlines their attitudes to historiography and their criticisms of each other. Such themes as the uses and value of truth and causation are traced, as well as the growing constraints on free speech under Hellenistic monarchs and the Romans. Written in an accessible and captivating manner, with suggestions for further reading, this book serves as a lucid introduction to Greek historians and writing of history.…

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Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1993. XII,207p. Original red cloth with dust wrps. Spine gilt titled. Dust wrps slightly discoloured and with light edgewear. A few light remains of (coloured) pencil markings in the margins of pp.VII,XII, XVI and 200.

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Condition: New. Written in an accessible and captivating manner, with suggestions for further reading, this book serves as a lucid introduction to Greek historians and writing of history. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1QDAG; HBAH; HBJD; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226. . 2002. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . …

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Condition: New. Written in an accessible and captivating manner, with suggestions for further reading, this book serves as a lucid introduction to Greek historians and writing of history. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1QDAG; HBAH; HBJD; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226. . 2002. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Condition: Gut. Magie Classical Publications. XV., 1 nn.S., 205 S., 1 nn.S. Einband leicht berieben. Insgesamt gutes und sauberes Exemplar. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 538 Leineneinband, Schutzumschlag, ca. 24,1 x 16,1 cm.