Rethinking Hellenistic Historiography

Lisa Irene Hau is Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Glasgow. She holds a PhD from Royal Holloway, University of London, and studied for her first two degrees at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. She is the author of Moral History from Herodotus to Diodorus Siculus (EUP 2016) and co-editor of Diodoros of Sicily. Historiographical Theory and Practice in the Bibliotheke, (Peeters 2018) and Truth and History in the Ancient World. Pluralising the Past (Routledge 2016). She has also published articles on numerous topics related to ancient historiography. In 2017-18 she held an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship for experienced researchers at the University of Heidelberg.

In clear and engaging prose, Hau tackles the problematic notion of ‘tragic history’ among the Hellenistic historians. She reconfigures its characteristic elements as ‘immersive historiography’, which aimed to teach readers about the human experience as seen through past events. Along the way, she provides thought-provoking connections between historical practice in the ancient world and the twenty-first century.

• List of FiguresAcknowledgementsList of Abbreviations IntroductionPart I. The Fragments of Duris, Phylarchus and Agatharchides1. Duris of Samos2. Phylarchus3. Agatharchides of CnidusConclusion to Part 1: The Immersive History of Duris, Phylarchus and AgatharchidesPart II: Immersive History in Context 4. Immersive History: the View from Ancient Literary Criticism5. The Peripatetic Connection6. The Cultural Context: Poetry and ArtConclusionBibliographyIndex