JOHN MARINCOLA is Leon Golden Professor Emeritus of Classics at Florida State University. He has held fellowships at Munich, Edinburgh, Oxford, and the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He is the author of numerous books, which include Greek Historians (2001), Greek and Roman Historiography (2011), and On Writing History from Herodotus to Herodian (2017).

'The best treatment of ancient historiography currently available … Well written and intelligently argued, it is an indispensable work.' T. P. Wiseman, Emeritus Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exeter

• Foreword; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction to the second edition; Introduction; 1. The call to history; 2. The historian's inquiry; 3. The historian's character; 4. The historian's deeds; 5. The 'lonely' historian: contrast and continuity; Appendices; Bibliography; Index locorum; Index of Greek words; General index.

JOHN MARINCOLA is Leon Golden Professor Emeritus of Classics at Florida State University. He has held fellowships at Munich, Edinburgh, Oxford, and the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He is the author of numerous books, which include Greek Historians (2001), Greek and Roman Historiography (2011), and On Writing History from Herodotus to Herodian (2017).

'The best treatment of ancient historiography currently available … Well written and intelligently argued, it is an indispensable work.' T. P. Wiseman, Emeritus Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exeter

• Foreword; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction to the second edition; Introduction; 1. The call to history; 2. The historian's inquiry; 3. The historian's character; 4. The historian's deeds; 5. The 'lonely' historian: contrast and continuity; Appendices; Bibliography; Index locorum; Index of Greek words; General index.

JOHN MARINCOLA is Leon Golden Professor Emeritus of Classics at Florida State University. He has held fellowships at Munich, Edinburgh, Oxford, and the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He is the author of numerous books, which include Greek Historians (2001), Greek and Roman Historiography (2011), and On Writing History from Herodotus to Herodian (2017).

'The best treatment of ancient historiography currently available … Well written and intelligently argued, it is an indispensable work.' T. P. Wiseman, Emeritus Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exeter

• Foreword; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction to the second edition; Introduction; 1. The call to history; 2. The historian's inquiry; 3. The historian's character; 4. The historian's deeds; 5. The 'lonely' historian: contrast and continuity; Appendices; Bibliography; Index locorum; Index of Greek words; General index.