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January Conference 1996
THE RECEPTION OF CLASSICAL TEXTS AND IMAGES
The Classical past in the Classicising Historians
Geoffrey Greatrex, University of Ottawa
The period of late antiquity witnessed a considerable amount of history-writing, much of it dealing with contemporary history, but in the style of classical (Greek) historians, such as Thucydides and Herodotus. It can (and has) been shown that these 'classicising historians', such as Priscus of Panium and Procopius of Caesarea, make stylistic allusions to earlier historians.
The question remains, however, as to their knowledge and treatment of earlier history. Specific allusions either to classical Greek or Roman history do not abound in these writers, although some of their contemporaries (e.g. John the Lydian or John Malalas) do consider these periods. This paper will aim to examine how much these historians knew of earlier history, and what use they made of it.