ARRIAN OF NICOMEDIA Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

University of North Carolina Press, 1980

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Year of publication

1980

Author

Stadter, Philip A.

Publishers

University of North Carolina Press

Keyword

Greek Literature Historiography Biographies & Memoirs Arrian, Greek History Classical Greek & Roman

Cover description

Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Binding description

Hardcover ISBN 0807813648

Description

Dustjacket has minor edgewear (with a tiny chip) and rubbing. Book has minor shelfwear else Fine. ; 256 pages; Stadter presents a new, comprehensive picture of the life and work of a major figure among the Greek-speaking authors of the Roman Empire. Arrian is our most reliable source for Alexander the Great and the author of three other major historical works and a number of shorter essays and treatises. This, the first book-length study of Arrian in English in this century, makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of Greek historiography and of the intellectual life of the second century A. D.