This book explores the tension in ancient historiography between teleological design and narrating the past as it was experienced by historical characters.
This book explores the tension in ancient historiography between teleological design and narrating the past as it was experienced by historical characters.
Jonas Grethlein holds the Chair in Greek Literature at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg. His recent publications include The Greeks and their Past: Poetry, Oratory and History in the Fifth Century BCE (2010) and, co-edited with Christopher B. Krebs, Time and Narrative in Ancient Historiography: The 'Plupast' from Herodotus to Appian (2012).
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: futures past: historiography between experience and teleology Part I. Experience: Making the Past Present: 1. Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War 2. Xenophon, Anabasis 3. Plutarch, Alexander 4. Tacitus, Annals Part II. Teleology: The Power of Retrospect: 5. Herodotus, Histories 6. Polybius, Histories 7. Sallust, Bellum Catilinae Part III. Beyond Experience and Teleology: 8. Augustine, Confessions Epilogue: experience in modern historiography.
Introduction: futures past: historiography between experience and teleology Part I. Experience: Making the Past Present: 1. Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War 2. Xenophon, Anabasis 3. Plutarch, Alexander 4. Tacitus, Annals Part II. Teleology: The Power of Retrospect: 5. Herodotus, Histories 6. Polybius, Histories 7. Sallust, Bellum Catilinae Part III. Beyond Experience and Teleology: 8. Augustine, Confessions Epilogue: experience in modern historiography.
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