Timaeus of Tauromenium and Hellenistic Historiography

by Christopher A. Baron

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Timaeus of Tauromenium (350-260 BC) wrote the authoritative account of the Greeks in the Western Mediterranean. Like almost all the Hellenistic historians, his work survives only in fragments. Beyond an up-to-date treatment of this important author, this book shows that both the nature of the evidence and modern assumptions about historical writing in the Hellenistic period have skewed our treatment and judgement of lost historians. For Timaeus, much...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1107000971

ISBN13:9781107000971

Release Date:January 2013

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:316 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"

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