Rethinking Hellenistic Historiography
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-7560-0 (ISBN)
This book offers a new examination of the so-called tragic historiographers Duris and Phylarchus, as well as the 2nd century BCE historiographer Agatharchides, using Polybius as a foil throughout. Lisa Irene Hau investigates the fragments and discusses the characteristics of each historical work in terms of themes, style and historiographical method. The analysis shows that these three historiographers deliberately wrote a different type of history from Ephorus and Theopompus, aiming to engage the reader sensually and emotionally in the historical narrative. Hau suggests ‘immersive historiography’ as a more fitting term than ‘tragic history’, and argues that the purpose of this experiential engagement of the readers was didactic: to teach them what it had been like to live through events of the past.
In the second half of the book, immersive historiography is placed in the context of ancient literary theory, Peripatetic philosophy and Hellenistic poetry and visual art. Applying the theory of immersion to ancient texts and placing these ‘tragic’ historians in their contemporary cultural context provides a new and innovative way of understanding of Hellenistic historiography.
Lisa Irene Hau is Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Glasgow. She holds a PhD from Royal Holloway, University of London, and studied for her first two degrees at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. She is the author of Moral History from Herodotus to Diodorus Siculus (EUP 2016) and co-editor of Diodoros of Sicily. Historiographical Theory and Practice in the Bibliotheke, (Peeters 2018) and Truth and History in the Ancient World. Pluralising the Past (Routledge 2016). She has also published articles on numerous topics related to ancient historiography. In 2017-18 she held an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship for experienced researchers at the University of Heidelberg.
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I. The Fragments of Duris, Phylarchus and Agatharchides
1. Duris of Samos
2. Phylarchus
3. Agatharchides of Cnidus
Conclusion to Part 1: The Immersive History of Duris, Phylarchus and Agatharchides
Part II: Immersive History in Context
4. Immersive History: the View from Ancient Literary Criticism
5. The Peripatetic Connection
6. The Cultural Context: Poetry and Art
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 04.03.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Edinburgh Studies in Hellenistic History and Culture |
| Zusatzinfo | 4 b/w illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4744-7560-4 / 1474475604 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4744-7560-0 / 9781474475600 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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