The Nature of History in Ancient Greece and Rome |
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Contents
History and Related Genres | 1 |
Research Orientation and Explanation in | 47 |
The Theoretical Foundations of GrecoRoman | 91 |
The Speech in Greek and Roman Historiography | 142 |
Points of Contact between Historiography | 169 |
An Epilogue | 194 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Nature of History in Ancient Greece and Rome Volume 2 of Eidos (Berkeley) Eidos (University of California Press) Eidos : studies in classical kinds Issue 2 of Eidos Series Filosofska poredit︠s︡a "Eidos." Groupe Eidos |
| Author | Charles W. Fornara |
| Publisher | University of California Press, 1983 |
| ISBN | 0520049101, 9780520049109 |
| Length | 215 pages |
| Subjects | › History / General |
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