Epigraphy and the Greek Historian.

From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Allover very good condition. - Contents: Introduction -- Part One: Athens -- Drakonian Procedure (David Mirhady) -- Hypereides, Aristophon, and the Settlement of Keos (Craig Cooper) -- Athenians in Sicily in the Fourth Century BC (David Whitehead) -- IG ii2 1622 and the Collection of Naval Debts in the 340s (Kathryn Simonsen) -- The Slave-Names of IG i3 1032 and the Ideology of Slavery at Athens (Bruce Robertson) -- Part Two: Athens from the Outside: The Wider Greek World -- Theopompos and the Public Documentation of Fifth-Century Athens (Frances Pownall) -- Horton Hears an Ionian (Gordon Shrimpton) -- Rescuing Local History: Epigraphy and the Island of Thera (Sheila Ager). - Epigraphy is the study of inscriptions found on ancient artefacts such as stones, coins, and statues and the attempt to infer historical data from these inscriptions. It is an indispensable tool for archaeologists and classicists, and has considerable potential to enrich the study of ancient history at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Epigraphy and the Greek Historian is a unified collection of essays that explore various ways in which inscriptions can help students reconstruct and understand Greek history. The volume is divided into two parts: Athens, and the wider Greek world. The contributors convincingly demonstrate the value of epigraphy for history, arguing that in many cases inscriptions are the only data we have from which to recover the local history of places that were not the main focus of ancient literary sources, which are often frustratingly Athenocentric. Ideally, the historian uses both inscriptions and literary sources to propose plausible reconstructions and thereby weave together the disconnected threads of the past into a connected and persuasive narrative. Epigraphy and the Greek Historian is a comprehensive examination of epigraphy and a timely resource for students and scholars involved in the study of ancient history. - Craig Cooper is dean of Arts and Science at Nipissing University.