The origins and development of Greek historiography cannot be properly understood unless early historical writings are situated in the framework of late archaic

Fifteen scholarly papers, mostly drawn from the Dawn of Historiography' workshop held in Turin in 1997, provide highly detailed analyses of the literary and his

The contributions assembled in this volume study the social function and functioning of notions and ideas about the past held by groups and individuals, with a

Thucydides' work was one of the most exciting creations in the cultural history of Greece in the fifth century BC - one of only two monumental prose works to ha

This book examines the character and function of the documents mentioned in the biblical texts in relation to comparable references in literature from wider ant