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Companion to greek and roman historiography, paperback by marincola, john ed. Possible ex library copy, thatll have the markings and stickers associated from the library. My commentary on herodotus book 5 was published by cup in 20, and i am now working on book 6 for the same series, in collaboration with chris pelling, regius professor of greek. The papers in this book were, with one exception, given at the oxford ancient history seminar on greek historiography held on the tuesdays of michaelmas term 1991 at oriel college. Pdf the history of the peloponnesian war primary source. Exploits every available approach historical, literary, religious, philosophical, textual, and archaeological and also covers modern reception. Simon hornblower ebook the greek world 479323 bc has been an indispensable guide to classical greek history since its first publication nearly thirty years ago. The main aim of this book is to do justice to all the areas of the mediterranean world in which greek culture flourished in the fifth and the fourth centuries bc.
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