History as Text: The Writing of Ancient History, Volume 57Averil Cameron philosophical theories of the text on contemporary discussions of ancient history. The essays range in topic from Hippocrates' corpus to the historicity of biblical Christianity. Each essay is critically introduced by Cameron (ancient history, King's College, London). Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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the reception of historiography in antiquity | 33 |
Dio on Augustus | 86 |
Amores 3 1 | 111 |
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