[publicclassics] Diodoros of Sicily: Historiographical Theory and Practice in the Bibliotheke

[Alexander Meeus]

Dear colleagues,

 

We are delighted to announce the publication of the volume 

 

Diodoros of Sicily: Historiographical Theory and Practice in the Bibliotheke, edited by L.I. Hau, A. Meeus and B. Sheridan (Studia Hellenistica 58), Leuven: Peeters 2018.

ISBN: 978-90-429-3498-6

 

The contributors to this volume, junior scholars as well as leading international experts, set out to confront the old and new approaches to Diodoros, studying his first century BC context, questions of genre and purpose, his relationship to his predecessors, composition and narrative technique, the role of the gods and myth in the work, the use of speeches, and Diodoros’ interest in themes like war, writing, language and politics. In so doing they offer exciting new insights into the Bibliotheke and the development of Greek historiography, which in turn also shed important new light on the old question of Diodoros’ value as a source. 

 

The table of contents can be consulted at http://www.peeters-leuven.be/boekoverz.asp?nr=10535.

 

Best wishes,

Lisa, Brian and Alexander

 

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Dr. Alexander Meeus

Akademischer Rat

 

Universität Mannheim

Historisches Institut

Lehrstuhl für Alte Geschichte

L 7,7 - Raum 002

68161 Mannheim

 

Tel.: 0621/181-2154

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