The main focus of this book is the ancient formation and development of the canons of Greek historiography. It takes a fresh look on the modern debate on canoni

Ephorus of Cyme, who lived in the fourth century BC, is one of the most important historians of antiquity whose work has not survived and, according to Polybius

This innovative study explores the emergence, survival, and continued cultural importance of historical texts considered to be 'classics'.

This book aims to offer a unified historical treatment of all that is usually understood as “ancient scholarship” or “ancient philology” and is the firs

Chance, in addition to the unavoidable ambiguity caused by time, is one of the main guilty parties in the transmission of ancient texts – or lack thereof. How