The Hellenica Oxyrhynchia and Historiography

This book involves a new historiographical study of the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia that defines its relationship with fifth- and fourth-century historical works as well as its role as a source of Diodorus’ Bibliotheke. The traditional and common approach taken by those who studied the HO is primarily historical: scholars have focused on particular, often isolated, topics such as the question of the authorship, the historical perspective of the HO against other Hellenica from the 4th century BC. This book is unconventional in that it offers a study of the HO and fifth- and fourth-century historical works supported by papyrological enquiries and literary strategies, such as intertextuality and narratology, which will undoubtedly contribute to the progress of research in ancient historiography.

Egidia Occhipinti, Ph.D. (2006), awarded with the Merante prize (2011), Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oxford from 2011 to 2013 (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IEF), has published many articles in peer-reviewed journals and in conference proceedings. She is involved as co-author in writing a critical edition of the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia for the Italian series «I Frammenti degli Storici Greci».

"The book under review is the first systematic comparison of the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia with a range of historians beyond the canonical comparanda (e.g. Thucydides and Xenophon), and it also recurs to narratology to understand the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia. (...) the essay will remain an important contribution in any future study of the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia and of fourth century historiography." - Salvatore Tufano, in: Sehepunkte, Ausgabe 17 Nr. 9 (2017)
''Occhipinti’s analysis is a refreshing contribution and stimulus in the renewed discussions on Diodorus. (…) I think Occhipinti largely meets the targets she (or the series editors) set her(self). I at least found it a joy to read this book.'' - Jan Stronk, in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2017.10.39
"Occhipintis gründliche Studie richtet sich primär an Spezialisten der griechischen Historiographie, kann aber auch Lesern mit Interesse an allgemeiner griechischer Geschichte des 5.–4.Jh.s empfohlen werden." - Johannes Engels, in: Historische Zeitschrift 307 (2018)
"Die elegant und gut lesbar geschriebene Studie von E. Occhipinti versucht eine neue Gesamtcharakterisierung der Darstellungsprinzipien des Autors und eine Beschreibung seines historiographischen Zugriffes." - Bruno Bleckmann, in: Gnomon 91 (2019)