Compilation or Tradition?: Some Thoughts on the Methods of Historians and Other Scholars in Antiquity
Historiographical compilations are usually seen as a typical late antique and mediaeval phenomenon. This paper argues that the compilatory method was already wide-spread in earlier centuries and indeed was the normal procedure for ancient authors dealing with the non-contemporary past, as can been s...
Subtitles: | Techniques of compilation in late ancient and medieval historiography |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Brepols
[2017]
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In: |
Sacris erudiri
Year: 2017, Volume: 56, Pages: 395-413 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Compilation
/ Historiography
/ Greece (Antiquity)
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IxTheo Classification: | TA History TB Antiquity |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |