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The Origin and Early Practice of Greek Historiography
The First Century
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This book looks at the development of Greek historical writing, from Hecataeus of Miletus through Xenophon. It considers how Greek historiography emerged from other Greek social practices, under the impetus of contact with the non-Greek world, especially Persia. The work of Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon are examined against the backdrop of other ways of curating the past. In particular the concept of disembedding Greek historical consciousness is a primary focus.
John Dillery, PhD (1989), The University of Michigan, is Professor of Classics at the University of Virginia. He has published monographs and articles on Greek Historiography and the Greek and non-Greek worlds, as well as papyri and a translation of Xenophonâs Anabasis.
Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
â1âIonian HistoriÄ and Hecataeus of Miletus
â1âEmbedded Historical Consciousness
â2âHomer and Historiography
â3âIonian Inquiry
â4âHecataeus of Miletus
â5âPersian Epistolary Form
â6âHecataeus and Egypt
â7âGenealogical Thinking, the Legendary Past and Local Greek Historiography
2 Herodotus
3 Thucydides
Coda: Xenophon
Bibliography
Index
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
â1âIonian HistoriÄ and Hecataeus of Miletus
â1âEmbedded Historical Consciousness
â2âHomer and Historiography
â3âIonian Inquiry
â4âHecataeus of Miletus
â5âPersian Epistolary Form
â6âHecataeus and Egypt
â7âGenealogical Thinking, the Legendary Past and Local Greek Historiography
2 Herodotus
3 Thucydides
Coda: Xenophon
Bibliography
Index
Graduate students working in Greek historical writing, as well as scholars.