Philochoros and the tradition of local historical writing at Athens : genre, ideology and methodology in the reconstruction and literary presentation of Attic history

The purpose of this thesis is to re-evaluate with special reference to the Attic History of the third-century historian Philochoros the nature of local historical writing at Athens, its sources,m ethodologya nd defining features. Attic historiography( or "Atthidography" as it is more commo...

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Main Author: Joyce, Christopher J.
Published: Durham University 2002
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.246831