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Author:   Egidia Occhipinti
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   395
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.617kg
ISBN:  

9789004325715

ISBN 10:   9004325719
Pages:   306
Publication Date:   15 September 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgements 1 The HO in the View of Modern Scholars 1.1 The Authorship 1.2 A New Proposal and Old Theories 1.3 The HO and Xenophon's Hellenica part 1 2 The Work and the Reader 2.1 The Narrative Character of Fourth-Century Hellenica 2.2 P. Oxy. V 842: Annalistic Framework, Synchronistic Narrative 2.3 The Historian's Evaluation and Its Impact on the Readers 2.4 Conclusion 3 Spartan Motivations: the HO and Xenophon 3.1 Greek Hostility and Sparta's Reasons 3.2 Sparta's Asiatic Campaign and Its Analysis 3.3 Agesilaus' Motivations and the Lasting Significance of the Spartan Campaign in Asia 3.4 The End of a Dream? 3.5 Conclusion 4 Diodorus, the HO and Xenophon: A Reassessment 4.1 The HO as a Source for Diodorus' Bibliotheke 4.2 Diodorus' Thirteenth Book and the Florence Papyrus 4.3 Diodorus, the Cairo Papyrus and Xenophon 4.4 Diodorus on Theramenes: Final Observations 4.5 Conclusion part 2 5 The HO and Athenian Polypragmosyne 5.1 Athenian : a Literary Topos 5.2 A Fourth-Century Debate? 5.3 Multa per Aequora... Sea Power and Athenian Motivation 5.4 Cnidus According to the Oxyrhynchus Historian: a Solely Persian Success 5.5 Conclusion 6 Terra Marique... 6.1 Decelea, or the Supremacy of Land over Sea 6.2 The Sea as a Barrier 6.3 : Thebes versus Boeotia? 6.4 Conclusion 6.5 Analytical Description of the Toponyms Occurring in the HO 7 Historiography and Hegemony 7.1 Sparta, or the Undisputed Hegemony 7.2 Diodorus and the Debate on Hegemony 7.3 Political Realities and Historiographical Simplifications 7.4 Conclusion 8 Historical Causation 8.1 Why Do Things Happen? 8.2 To Blame or not to Blame... Individual and Collective Responsibilities 8.3 Visibility and Clarity in Historical Causation 8.4 Thebes, or Intra-Greek Hostility 8.5 Stasis, or the Dimension of Internal Conflict. What Awareness of Thucydides? 8.6 Conclusion 9 `Moralism' in Historiography 9.1 The HO and Thucydides: What `Moralism'? 9.2 `Moralism,' `Morality,' and Moral Lessons 9.3 Theopompus: `Moralism' versus `Morality'? 9.4 Praise/Blame in Ephorus? 9.5 Conclusion Conclusion Appendix 1 A New Supplement for Lines 31-32 of the Theramenes Papyrus (P. Mich. 5982) 2 History, Oratory and Their Audiences 3 Diodorus and Rome 4 Translations Bibliography Index of Names Thematic Index

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The book under review is the first systematic comparison of the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia with a range of historians beyond the canonical comparanda (e.g. Thucydides and Xenophon), and it also recurs to narratology to understand the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia. (...) the essay will remain an important contribution in any future study of the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia and of fourth century historiography. Salvatore Tufano, Sehepunkte, Ausgabe 17 (2017), Nr. 9. ''Occhipinti's analysis is a refreshing contribution and stimulus in the renewed discussions on Diodorus. (...) I think Occhipinti largely meets the targets she (or the series editors) set her(self). I at least found it a joy to read this book.'' Jan Stronk, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2017.10.39 Occhipintis grundliche Studie richtet sich primar an Spezialisten der griechischen Historiographie, kann aber auch Lesern mit Interesse an allgemeiner griechischer Geschichte des 5.-4.Jh.s empfohlen werden. Johannes Engels, Historische Zeitschrift 307, 2018. Die elegant und gut lesbar geschriebene Studie von E. Occhipinti versucht eine neue Gesamtcharakterisierung der Darstellungsprinzipien des Autors und eine Beschreibung seines historiographischen Zugriffes. Bruno Bleckmann, Gnomon 91, 2019.

The book under review is the first systematic comparison of the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia with a range of historians beyond the canonical comparanda (e.g. Thucydides and Xenophon), and it also recurs to narratology to understand the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia. (...) the essay will remain an important contribution in any future study of the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia and of fourth century historiography. Salvatore Tufano, Sehepunkte, Ausgabe 17 (2017), Nr. 9. ''Occhipinti's analysis is a refreshing contribution and stimulus in the renewed discussions on Diodorus. (...) I think Occhipinti largely meets the targets she (or the series editors) set her(self). I at least found it a joy to read this book.'' Jan Stronk, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2017.10.39

The book under review is the first systematic comparison of the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia with a range of historians beyond the canonical comparanda (e.g. Thucydides and Xenophon), and it also recurs to narratology to understand the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia. (...) the essay will remain an important contribution in any future study of the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia and of fourth century historiography. - Salvatore Tufano, in: Sehepunkte, Ausgabe 17 Nr. 9 (2017) ''Occhipinti's analysis is a refreshing contribution and stimulus in the renewed discussions on Diodorus. (...) I think Occhipinti largely meets the targets she (or the series editors) set her(self). I at least found it a joy to read this book.'' - Jan Stronk, in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2017.10.39 Occhipintis grundliche Studie richtet sich primar an Spezialisten der griechischen Historiographie, kann aber auch Lesern mit Interesse an allgemeiner griechischer Geschichte des 5.-4.Jh.s empfohlen werden. - Johannes Engels, in: Historische Zeitschrift 307 (2018) Die elegant und gut lesbar geschriebene Studie von E. Occhipinti versucht eine neue Gesamtcharakterisierung der Darstellungsprinzipien des Autors und eine Beschreibung seines historiographischen Zugriffes. - Bruno Bleckmann, in: Gnomon 91 (2019)

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Egidia Occhipinti, Ph.D. (2006), awarded with the Merante prize (2011), Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oxford from 2011 to 2013 (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IEF), has published many articles in peer-reviewed journals and in conference proceedings. She is involved as co-author in writing a critical edition of the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia for the Italian series I Frammenti degli Storici Greci .

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