{"product_id":"the-authoritative-historian-tradition-and-innovation-in-ancient-historiography-paperback-softback-9781009159449","title":"The Authoritative Historian; Tradition and Innovation in Ancient Historiography (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009159449","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Authoritative Historian\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTradition and Innovation in Ancient Historiography\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA series of essays exploring tradition and innovation across the full temporal range of Greco-Roman historiography.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eK. Scarlett Kingsley (Edited by), Giustina Monti (Edited by), Tim Rood (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009159449, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 April 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e492 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.705 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this volume an international group of scholars revisits the themes of John Marincola's ground-breaking Authority and Tradition in Ancient Historiography. The nineteen chapters offer a series of case studies that explore how ancient historians' approaches to their projects were informed both by the pull of tradition and by the ambition to innovate. The key themes explored are the relation of historiography to myth and poetry; the narrative authority exemplified by Herodotus, the 'father' of history; the use of 'fictional' literary devices in historiography; narratorial self-presentation; and self-conscious attempts to shape the historiographical tradition in new and bold ways. The volume presents a holistic vision of the development of Greco-Roman historiography and the historian's dynamic position within this practice.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: the authoritative historian K. Scarlett Kingsley, Giustina Monti and Tim Rood\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Myth, Fiction, and the Historian's Authority: 1. Seven types of fiction in the Greek historians Michael A. Flower\u003cbr\u003e 2. Folktale and local tradition in Charon of Lampsacus Nino Luraghi\u003cbr\u003e 3. Mythical and historical time in Herodotus: Scaliger, Jacoby, and the chronographic tradition Tim Rood\u003cbr\u003e 4. Myth and history in Livy's preface A. J. Woodman\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Dislocating Authority in Herodotus' Histories: 5. Herodotus as tour guide: the autopsy motif Scott Scullion\u003cbr\u003e 6. Interpretive uncertainty in Herodotus' Histories Carolyn Dewald\u003cbr\u003e 7. 'It is no accident that…': connectivity and coincidence in Herodotus Richard Rutherford\u003cbr\u003e 8. Through barbarian eyes: non-Greeks on Greeks in Herodotus Deborah Boedeker\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Performing Collective and Personal Authority\u003cbr\u003e 9. Singing and dancing Pindar's authority Lucia Athanassaki\u003cbr\u003e 10. Authority, experience, and the vicarious traveller in Herodotus' Histories K. Scarlett Kingsley\u003cbr\u003e 11. Veni, vidi, vici: when did Roman politicians use the first-person singular? Harriet Flower\u003cbr\u003e 12. Self-praise and self-presentation in Plutarch Frances B. Titchener\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Generic Transformations: 13. Thucydides' Mytilenaean debate: political philosophy or authoritative history? Paul Cartledge\u003cbr\u003e 14. Tradition, innovation, and authority: Caesar's historical ambitions Kurt A. Raaflaub\u003cbr\u003e 15. Tradition and authority in Philostratus' Lives of the Sophists Ewen Bowie\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Innovation within Tradition: 16. 'When one assumes the ethos of writing history': Polybius' historiographical neologisms Giustina Monti\u003cbr\u003e 17. How tradition is formed: from the fall of Caesar to the rise of Octavian Mark Toher\u003cbr\u003e 18. 'Burn baby burn (disco in Furneaux)': Tacitean authority, innovation and the Neronian fire (Annals 15.38–9) Rhiannon Ash\u003cbr\u003e 19. The authority to be untraditional Christopher Pelling.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Classical history \/ classical civilisation [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Classical history \/ classical civilisation\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Classical%20history%20\/%20classical%20civilisation%20%5BHBLA1%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA1\u003c\/a\u003e], Ancient history: to c 500 CE [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Ancient history: to c 500 CE\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Ancient%20history:%20to%20c%20500%20CE%20%5BHBLA%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA\u003c\/a\u003e], Historiography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Historiography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Historiography%20%5BHBAH%5D%22\"\u003eHBAH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52507280900376,"sku":"9781009159449","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009159449i.jpg?v=1786443469","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-authoritative-historian-tradition-and-innovation-in-ancient-historiography-paperback-softback-9781009159449","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}