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Plutarco contra Heródoto: razones de una censura [PDF]

open access: yesTalia dixit, 2013
The aim of this paper is to analyze Plutarch’s Herodoti malignitate in order to show his motivation for writing the text. After discussing Plutarch’s objections about Herodotus’ work, we conclude that Herodoti malignitate is an ideologic work that ...
César Sierra
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HIGH SCIENCE AND NATURAL SCIENCES: GREEK THEOLOGIANS AND THE SCIENCE AND RELIGION INTERACTIONS (1832–1910)

open access: yesZygon, 2019
What was science for the Orthodox Greek theologian of the nineteenth century? How did it feature in his (theologians were all men at the time) own work?
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Proof Through the Night: Representations of Fire-Signaling in Greek Historiography

open access: yes, 2017
This article examines representations of fire-signaling in Greek historiography from Herodotus to Polybius. These historians’ depictions of either the extraordinary potential or the possibility for confusion inherent in this form of communication are ...
Moore, Daniel W.
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A study of the work of Claude de Seyssel as a translator of classical texts and his contribution to the development of French humanism

open access: yesStudia Humanitatis, 2018
The article addresses an important but less studied aspect of the activities of Claude de Seyssel (1450-1520), a humanist, his work as a translator of classical texts.
Kuleshova Elena Vladimirovna
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Descriptions of battle in the Wars of Procopius [PDF]

open access: yes
Procopius of Caesarea wrote a classicizing history of the wars of Justinian, which focuses squarely on warfare in an age when his contemporaries were often directing their attention towards theological matters.
Whately, Conor Campbell
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Enlightenment and History: the 18th century greek-language historiography

open access: yes, 2014
The object of this PhD thesis is the discourse about history that emerged in the 18th century Greek-language book-publishing and its ideological consequences in the Greek-Orthodox community in a period that has been characterized as the age of ...
Panagiotopoulos, Vasileios   +1 more
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Gender and the Greek Historiography of Education (1970-2012)

open access: yes, 2016
The paper attempts to delineate the studies on the history of Greek education that adopt gender as a research and history writing approach; as a theoretical subject of study, an analysis category or an interpretative framework.
Dalakoura, Katerina
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Have Vultures Left the Battlefield? Scavengers and War in Greek Historiography

open access: yes, 2018
There is much talk in the Iliad of dead warriors abandoned to vultures, and information about vultures tormenting armies can be found in ancient works from various literary genres.
Kostuch, Lucyna
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