What is history and how should it be written? This important new anthology, translated and edited by Professor John Marincola, contains all the definitive texts related to the writing of history in the ancient world. The study of history was invented in the classical world. Authors like Plutarch and Lucian engaged with major questions such as how history should be written, how it differs from poetry and rhetoric, and what its true purpose is. This book includes comprehensive essays by Dionysius, Plutarch, and Lucian, as well as shorter texts by Pliny the Younger, Cicero, and others, and will be an indispensable resource for anyone studying history and the ancient world.

Recognized as a finalist in the 13th Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of Scholarly Study of Literature, it offers an outstanding tool for the study of ancient historiography at all levels and is expected to become a benchmark in the future.

Pages: 672, Dimensions: 13x13cm