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Fame and infamy : essays on characterization in Greek and Roman biography and historiography

This collection of 24 new essays by Classical scholars on Greek and Roman historiography and biography considers from a fresh perspective the central question of how characterisation evolves in these two major Classical genres. The volume is wide-reaching, both in the time-periods and authors consid...

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Other Authors:	Ash, Rhiannon (Editor, HerausgeberIn) Mossman, Judith (Editor, HerausgeberIn) Titchener, Frances (Editor, HerausgeberIn)
Document Type:	Online Resource Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press , 2015
Edition:	First edition
Online Access:	http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/oup-ebooks-altertum/dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199662326.001.0001
Author Notes:	Rhiannon Ash, Judith Mossman, and Frances B. Titchener
E-Book Packages:	Oxford Scholarship Online: Classical Studies Collection

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