This extraordinary study examines how the accounts of a historical figure, the so-called democrat and liberal Dion, have been distorted and reworked by ancient and modern writers alike.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-292) and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 937/.8
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 0888666578 9781459711327
- LCCN
- DG55.S9
- LCCN Item number
- S264 2008eb
- Modifying agency
- DLC
- Original cataloging agency
- NLC
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (302 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00231581 (OCoLC)827363587 (CaOOCEL)439402
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- NLC
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Title 4
- Copyright 5
- Contents 8
- Preface 9
- Abbreviations 12
- Chronological Table 14
- Introduction: The Legend of Dion 15
- Chapter 1. The Partisan Tradition 1: Philistus and Athanis 24
- Chapter 2: The Partisan Tradition 2: Timonides of Leucas 56
- Chapter 3: Mainland Greece's Perception of the Syracusan Revolution: The Testimonies of Ephorus and Theopompus 81
- Chapter 4: The Response of the Academy 109
- Chapter 5: Dion's Nachleben 1: The Hellenistic Age 152
- Chapter 6: Dion's Nachleben 2: The Roman Empire 181
- Chapter 7: Dion's Nachleben 3: Wissenschaft and The Classical Tradition 223
- Conclusion 267
- Bibliography 272
- Index 307
- A 307
- B 308
- C 308
- D 309
- E 309
- F 310
- G 310
- H 310
- I 311
- J 311
- K 311
- L 311
- M 311
- N 312
- O 312
- P 312
- Q 313
- R 313
- S 314
- T 315
- U 315
- V 315
- W 315
- X 316
- Z 316
