Die Fragmente Der Griechischen Historiker: (F Gr Hist)

Pierre Bonnechere, Felix Jacoby

Brill, 1999 - History - 424 pages

At his death in 1959, Felix Jacoby left to posterity a monumental work assembling the fragments of more than 870 Greek historians. Yet the sheer bulk of the material and the lack of transparency of the plan make the Fragmente der Griechischen Historiker difficult to use and it is often avoided by students.
The three indexes now published are the first fruits of an indexation project which aims to facilitate access to the corpus of fragments and to improve its usefulness. Index no. 1 places all sources of fragments in a list alphabetized by author and work, index no. 2 follows the order of presentation found in Jacoby, while index no. 3 places the authors of fragments in alphabetical order and gives under each one an alphabetized list of authors who cite him.
The practical advantages are clear. Index no. 1 allows the reader to find his way from a fragment he has come across in his reading to the entry in Jacoby: he can then situate it within the lost work and note Jacoby's comment on it. Index no. 3 offers a complete resolution of Jacoby's abbreviations, which are often obscure and sometimes inconsistent. It also returns to their right place the often overlooked fragmenta and testimonia given by Jacoby in the addenda. In general, the indexes make it a simple matter to ascertain which historians had read (or not read) the works, now lost, of their predecessors, thus throwing light on the contents of libraries as well as the transmission of historical texts and their lifespan.

About the author

Pierre Bonnechere (Doctorat, Universite Catholique de Louvain 1992) is Professor in the Departement d histoire at the Universite de Montreal. His research has focused on ancient history and religion and on Greek mythology. His recent publications include "Le sacrifice humaine en Grece ancienne," ("Athens-Liege," 1994).

Bibliographic information

• Title: Die Fragmente Der Griechischen Historiker: (F Gr Hist); Volume 2 of Die Fragmente Der Griechischen Historiker: Indexes of Parts I, II, and III, Indexes of Ancient Authors, Pierre Bonnechere, ISBN 9004113924, 9789004113923; Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker, Felix Jacoby, ISBN 9004113924, 9789004113923; Volume 2 of Indexes of Parts I, II, III. Indexes of Ancient Authors, Pierre Bonnechere, ISBN 9004113924, 9789004113923
• Authors: Pierre Bonnechere, Felix Jacoby
• Editors: Pierre Bonnechere, Felix Jacoby
• Publisher: Brill, 1999
• Original from: the University of Virginia
• Digitized: Nov 4, 2009
• ISBN: 9004113908, 9789004113909
• Length: 424 pages
• Subjects: History / Ancient / General; History / Civilization