Lessons from the past : the moral use of history in fourth-century prose /

Lessons from the past : the moral use of history in fourth-century prose /

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Main Author:	Pownall, Frances, 1963-
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2004.
Subjects:	To 1500 Historiography > Moral and ethical aspects > Greece > History > To 1500. Exempla in literature. Exempla > History and criticism. Greece > History > To 146 B.C. > Historiography. Greece > Intellectual life > To 146 B.C. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History
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