Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements VII
3. Contents IX
4. Abbreviations and Translations XIII
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 .Ancient Literary Canons from Antiquity to the Present Day 7
7. 2. Cicero, History-Writing, and Canonical Greek Historians 39
8. 3 .Shaping the Canons: Dionysius’ Critical Essays 66
9. 4. In the Wake of Classicism: Dionysius, Rome, and Classical Athens 103
10. 5. Canons Βefore the Canon: From Athens to Alexandria 123
11. 6. Greek Historians in the Classroom: Literary Critics and Progymnasmata 161
12. 7. From Dio Chrysostom to Late Antiquity: A Diachronic Analysis of the Canons of Greek Historiography 189
13. Conclusions 222
14. Bibliography 233
15. Index of Names and Subjects 265
16. Selective index of Greek terms 276
17. Index locorum 277