Ephorus of Cyme and Greek Historiography
Ephorus of Cyme and Greek Historiography
Click to enlarge
Author(s): Parmeggiani, Giovanni
ISBN No.: 9781108926423
Pages: 449
Year: 202504
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 72.76
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

Ephorus of Cyme, who lived in the fourth century BC, is one of the most important historians of antiquity whose work has not survived and, according to Polybius, was the first to have written a universal history. His lost Histories are known from numerous 'fragments', that is, quotations by later authors such as Polybius, Diodorus, Strabo and Plutarch, among others. Through a study of these 'fragments' within their broader context, Giovanni Parmeggiani throws new light on the methodology of Ephorus and both the contents and the purpose of his work. By changing our perspective on a major Greek historian between Thucydides and Polybius, this book fills a significant gap in the field, and sets the basis for a new conception of the history of ancient Greek historiography and the Greek intellectual development in general.


To be able to view the table of contents for this publication then please subscribe by clicking the button below...
To be able to view the full description for this publication then please subscribe by clicking the button below...