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050 0 4 _aDE8.G762.G744 1995
100 1 _aGrant, Michael,
_d1914-2004.,
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245 1 0 _aGreek and Roman historians :
_binformation and misinformation /
_cMichael Grant.
_hPR
260 _aLondon ;
_aNew York :
_bRoutledge,
_c(c)1995.
300 _axii, 172 pages :
_bmaps ;
_c22 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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504 _a1 (pages 156-164) and index.
505 0 0 _a1. Ancient and Modern Historians. The historians of Greece and Rome --
_t2. The Historians and Other Disciplines. History and poetry. History and rhetoric and philosophy. History and documents --
_t3. Sources and Strangeness. Sources and rumours. Selection. Speeches, digressions and cycles. Religion and portents. Too little economic and social history --
_t4. Misinformation and Mistakes. Love of a story. Self-justification. Influences. Chauvinism. Wars. Biography. Moralising. Error --
_t5. Should We Read the Ancient Historians? Fact and fiction. Literary excellence --
_t6. Other Sources of Information. Other historians. Lost historians. Information from other sources. Misinformation from other sources --
_tBibliography - Ancient writers: Greek --
_tBibliography - Ancient writers: Latin --
_tBibliography - Modern writers.
520 0 _aThe 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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650 0 _aHistorians
_zGreece
_vBiography.
650 0 _aHistorians
_zRome
_vBiography.
650 0 _aHistory
_xMethodology.
653 0 _aHistoriography
653 0 _aGreece
653 0 _aRome (Italy)
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