Description: This volume explores the modalities of fact, fiction and propaganda in ancient Greek historiography.
Brief description: Thomas Figueira is Distinguished Professor of Classics and Ancient History at Rutgers University, USA. He is co-editor of Ethnicity and Identity in Herodotus (2020), co-author of Wisdom from the Ancients: Enduring Business Lessons from Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar(2001) and author of The Power of Money: Coinage and Politics in the Athenian Empire (1998).
Review Quotes:
"Notable ... A seminal contribution." --Histos
"This volume is a valuable contribution to the scholarship of Greek literature, political history, historiography, and provides a bridge between the fields of Classics and Propaganda Studies." --Bryn Mawr Classical Review