Experience and teleology in ancient historiography 'futures past' from Herodotus to Augustine / Jonas Grethlein, Universitat Heidelberg.
| Author/creator | Grethlein, Jonas, 1978- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013. |
| Description | xi, 422 pages ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Futures past: historiography between experience and teleology -- Experience: making the past present -- Thucydides, The history of the Peloponnesian War -- Xenophon, Anabasis -- Plutarch, Alexander -- Tacitus, Annals -- Teleology: the power of retrospect -- Herodotus, Histories -- Polybius, Histories -- Sallust, Bellum catilinae -- Beyond experience and teleology -- Augustine, Confessions -- Epilogue: experience in modern historiography. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 368-396) and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013009541 |
| ISBN | 9781107040281 (hardback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |