Apollonius Rhodius, Herodotus and Historiography

Author:   A. D. Morrison (University of Manchester)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781108492324


Pages:   254
Publication Date:   30 January 2020
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   A. D. Morrison (University of Manchester)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9781108492324


ISBN 10:   1108492320
Pages:   254
Publication Date:   30 January 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Receiving Herodotus; 3. Creating authorities; 4. Explaining the past; 5. Telling stories; 6. Greeks and non-Greeks; 7. Kings and leaders; 8. Conclusions and consequences.

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'An excellent resource for those engaged in advanced study of classics.' S. M. Burstein, Choice


'An excellent resource for those engaged in advanced study of classics.' S. M. Burstein, Choice


'An excellent resource for those engaged in advanced study of classics.' S. M. Burstein, Choice '... this is a valuable contribution to the study of Herodotus and Apollonius and the ways that historiography in general and Herodotus in particular can influence epic.' Laura Marshall, Bryn Mawr Classical Review


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A. D. Morrison is Professor of Greek at the University of Manchester. He is the author of The Narrator in Archaic Greek and Hellenistic Poetry (Cambridge, 2007) and Performances and Audiences in Pindar's Sicilian Victory Odes (2007) and co-editor of Ancient Letters (2007) and Lucretius: Poetry, Philosophy, Science (2013). He is currently working on a commentary on selected poems of Callimachus for the Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics series and a 'New Survey' on Hellenistic poetry for Greece & Rome and is co-directing the AHRC project on Ancient Letter Collections (2016–21).

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