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Lessons from the Past

Lessons from the Past The Moral Use of History in Fourth-Century Prose

Hardback (23 Dec 2003)

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    Publisher's Synopsis

    By focusing upon key intellectuals and historians of the fourth century, including Plato and the major historians, Frances Pownall examines how these prose writers created an aristocratic version of the past as an alternative to the democratic version of the oratorical tradition.

    Book information

    ISBN: 9780472113279
    Publisher: University of Michigan Press
    Imprint: The University of Michigan Press
    Pub date:
    DEWEY: 888.0109
    DEWEY edition: 21
    Language: English
    Number of pages: 204
    Weight: 503g
    Height: 230mm
    Width: 162mm
    Spine width: 23mm

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