Grant, Michael,  1914-2004., <br/><br/>
Greek and Roman historians :  information and misinformation /  [print] 
Michael Grant. 
 - London ;  New York :  Routledge,  (c)1995. 
 - xii, 172 pages :  maps ;  22 cm. 
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<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>94032012 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GB95-47320 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Historians--Greece--Biography.<br/>Historians--Rome--Biography.<br/>History--Methodology.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Historiography Greece Rome (Italy) 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DE8.G762.G744 1995