《The Greek Historians》是1997年2月Routledge出版的圖書，作者是Luce, T.J.。
基本介紹
- 中文名：The Greek Historians
- 作者：Luce, T.J.
- 出版社：Routledge
- ISBN：9780415105927
內容簡介
The Greeks invented history as a literary genre in the 5th century B.C. The first historians owed much to Homer and adopted his vivid and direct style in narrating historical events. Yet, despite the influence of Homer the birth of history was basically a reaction against mythical accounts of the past. Homer wrote about war and travel in foreign lands, in the distant and mythical past. In contrast, the Greek historians of the 5th century wrote about contemporary or very recent events, where eye witnesses could be interviewed and facts checked. This work follows the development of history from Herodotus, via Thucydides, Xenophon and Polybius, through to the Hellenistic age. It introduces the individual writers and their topics, yet it also outlines their attitudes to historiography and their criticisms of each other. Such themes as the uses and value of truth and causation are traced, as well as the growing constraints on free speech under Hellenistic monarchs and the Romans.
