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Greek and Roman historians : information and misinformation / Michael Grant. [print]

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Grant, Michael, 1914-2004 [Author]

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DE8.G762.G744 1995

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Contents:

2. The Historians and Other Disciplines. History and poetry. History and rhetoric and philosophy. History and documents -- 3. Sources and Strangeness. Sources and rumours. Selection. Speeches, digressions and cycles. Religion and portents. Too little economic and social history -- 4. Misinformation and Mistakes. Love of a story. Self-justification. Influences. Chauvinism. Wars. Biography. Moralising. Error -- 5. Should We Read the Ancient Historians? Fact and fiction. Literary excellence -- 6. Other Sources of Information. Other historians. Lost historians. Information from other sources. Misinformation from other sources -- Bibliography - Ancient writers: Greek -- Bibliography - Ancient writers: Latin -- Bibliography - Modern writers.

Subject: The author argues that the writings of ancient historians such as Herodotus, Thucydides and Tacitus are full of misinformation and should be interpreted with care and even suspicion.

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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library WITHDRAWN	Non-fiction	DE8.G73 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1		31923000908745

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1. Ancient and Modern Historians. The historians of Greece and Rome -- 2. The Historians and Other Disciplines. History and poetry. History and rhetoric and philosophy. History and documents -- 3. Sources and Strangeness. Sources and rumours. Selection. Speeches, digressions and cycles. Religion and portents. Too little economic and social history -- 4. Misinformation and Mistakes. Love of a story. Self-justification. Influences. Chauvinism. Wars. Biography. Moralising. Error -- 5. Should We Read the Ancient Historians? Fact and fiction. Literary excellence -- 6. Other Sources of Information. Other historians. Lost historians. Information from other sources. Misinformation from other sources -- Bibliography - Ancient writers: Greek -- Bibliography - Ancient writers: Latin -- Bibliography - Modern writers.

The author argues that the writings of ancient historians such as Herodotus, Thucydides and Tacitus are full of misinformation and should be interpreted with care and even suspicion.

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