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Hellenic Historiography
Hellenic historiography (or Greek historiography) involves efforts made by Greeks to track and record historical events. By the 5th century BC, it became an integral part of ancient Greek literature and held a prestigious place in later Roman historiography and Byzantine literature. Overview The historical period of ancient Greece is exclusive in world history as the first period attested directly in proper historiography, while earlier ancient history or proto-history is known by much more circumstantial evidence, such as annals, chronicles, king lists, and pragmatic epigraphy. Herodotus is widely known as the "father of history," his '' Histories'' being eponymous of the entire field. Written between the 450s and 420s BC, the scope of Herodotus' work reaches about a century in the past, discussing 6th century BC historical figures such as Darius I of Persia, Cambyses II, and Psamtik III and alludes to some 8th century BC ones such as Candaules. Herodotus was succeeded by author ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greeks
The Greeks or Hellenes (; el, Έλληνες, ''Éllines'' ) are an ethnic group and nation indigenous to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions, namely Greece, Cyprus, Albania, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, and, to a lesser extent, other countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. They also form a significant diaspora (), with Greek communities established around the world.. Greek colonies and communities have been historically established on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea, but the Greek people themselves have always been centered on the Aegean and Ionian seas, where the Greek language has been spoken since the Bronze Age.. Until the early 20th century, Greeks were distributed between the Greek peninsula, the western coast of Asia Minor, the Black Sea coast, Cappadocia in central Anatolia, Egypt, the Balkans, Cyprus, and Constantinople. Many of these regions coincided to a large extent with the borders of the Byzantine Empire of the late 11th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candaules
Candaules (died c.687 BC; el, Κανδαύλης, ''Kandaulēs''), also known as Myrsilos (Μυρσίλος), was a king of the ancient Kingdom of Lydia in the early years of the 7th century BC. According to Herodotus, he succeeded his father Meles as the 22nd and last king of Lydia's Heraclid dynasty. He was assassinated and succeeded by Gyges. Based on an ambiguous line in the work of the Greek poet Hipponax, it was traditionally assumed that the name ''Candaules'' meant "hound-choker" among the Lydians. J. B. Bury and Russell Meiggs (1975) say that Candaules is a Maeonian name meaning "hound-choker". More recently, however, it has been suggested that the name or title ''Kandaules'' is cognate with the Luwian ''hantawatt(i)–'' ("king") and probably has Carian origin. The name or title of Candaules is the origin of the term candaulism, a sexual practice which legend attributed to him. Several stories of how the Heraclid dynasty of Candaules ended and the Mermnad dyna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Greek Historiographers
Early Greek historians: "logographers" * Acusilaus * Amelesagoras * Cadmus of Miletus * Hecataeus of Miletus * Hellanicus of Lesbos * Pherecydes of Athens * Stesimbrotos of Thasos * Xanthus (historian) Classical Greece * Antiochus of Syracuse * Callisthenes * Cratippus of Athens * Ctesias * Dinon * Duris of Samos * Ephorus * Eudemus of Rhodes * Hellanicus of Lesbos * Heracleides of Cyme * Herodotus * Philistus * Theopompus * Thucydides * Xenophon * ''Hellenica Oxyrhynchia'' Hellenistic Greece * Abydenus * Aesopus (historian) * Agatharchides * Agathocles (writers) * Alexander Polyhistor * Anticlides * Antipater * Antisthenes of Rhodes * Aratus of Sicyon * Artapanus of Alexandria * Berossus * Callixenus of Rhodes * Cleitarchus * Craterus (historian) * Ctesicles * Deinias of Argos * Demetrius the Chronographer * Diyllus * Duris of Samos * Euphantus * Eupolemus * Hecataeus of Abdera * Hegesander (historian) * Hegesias of Magnesia * Hippobotus * Jason of Cyrene * Leon of Pella ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
