Nunez, Jose Miguel Alonso.
The Idea of Universal History in Greece: From Herodotus to the Age of Augustus.
Amsterdam, J.C. Gieben Publisher
2002,
cm.16x24,5,
pp.154,
legatura editoriale in tutta tela.
Coll:Amsterdam Classical Monographs, volume 4.
Table of contents :
Dedication
Foreword
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. The appearance of universal historiography in Greece: Herodotus
2. Greek history and interest in Persia: Thucydides, Xenophon and Ctesias
3. Isocrates and the Panhellenic movement. The forerunner of universal historiography: Ephorus
4 . The rise of Macedonia. Theopompus. Aristotle and his school: Aristoxenus and Demetrius of Phalerum
5. The empire of Alexander and his historians. General historiography: Hieronymus of Cardia. The geographical expansion of historical knowledge: Timaeus and Megasthenes.
Hellenism. Judaism: The Book of Daniel
6. The emergence of Rome. The shaping of universal historiography: Polybius
7. Roman imperialism. Stoicism and universal historiography:
Posidonius and Diodorus
8. The Augustan empire and the historians of the Augustan epoch:
Nicolaus of Damascus, Strabo, Pompeius Trogus and Dionysius of Halicarnassos
Conclusions
Appendix
A Chronology of authors and works
B Maps
C The structure of Pompeius Trogus’ Historiae Philippicae
D The universal historians in the History of Historiography
Bibliography
Indices
a. Index of ancient authors
b . Index of subjects
c. Index of modem authors
d. List of abbreviations
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