Lessons from the Past : The Moral Use of History in Fourth-Century Prose.
Pownall, Frances Anne.
Lessons from the Past : The Moral Use of History in Fourth-Century Prose. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (215 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One - The Intellectual Context -- Chapter Two - The Menexenus: Plato's Critique of Political Rhetoric -- Chapter Three - Xenophon's Hellenica -- Chapter Four - Ephorus's History -- Chapter Five - Theopompus's Philippica -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Deepens our understanding of the Greek tendency to view the past as a source for contemporary moral lessons.
9780472025671
Exempla in literature.
Electronic books.
DF211
809.015
Lessons from the Past : The Moral Use of History in Fourth-Century Prose. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (215 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One - The Intellectual Context -- Chapter Two - The Menexenus: Plato's Critique of Political Rhetoric -- Chapter Three - Xenophon's Hellenica -- Chapter Four - Ephorus's History -- Chapter Five - Theopompus's Philippica -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Deepens our understanding of the Greek tendency to view the past as a source for contemporary moral lessons.
9780472025671
Exempla in literature.
Electronic books.
DF211
809.015