In the Bryn Mawr Classical Review, Cynthia King reviews the following edited volume:
Apparently the book lacks an introduction and King’s review only briefly touches on the contents of each essay. Yet from reading her review, I hope to look at the following essays:
- Stephen Evans, “The Recitation of Herodotus”
- Johannes Engels, “Universal History and Cultural Geography of the Oikoumene in Herodotus’ Historiai and Strabo’s Geographika”
- Avi Avidov, “A Marginal Vision of Empire: Philo and Josephus on the Jews’ Integration into Imperial Society”
- Lydia Langerwerf, “The Messenians and their Foolish Courage in Pausanias’ Book 4″
- Kurt A. Raaflaub, “The Truth About Tyranny: Tacitus and the Historian’s Responsibility in Early Imperial Rome”
Interesting. Thanks for the heads up. I may be gearing up to take two courses on Greek and Roman historiography. Perhaps this may be a required text.
Michael, I don’t know how useful all the readings will be, but there definitely are a couple of essays worth looking at.
You’re taking TWO courses on historiography? That sounds very exciting.