Hegemony and Greek Historians

Download or read book Hegemony and Greek Historians written by John Moore Wickersham and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1994 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, John Wickersham studies the concept of hegemony in the histories of Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, and Ephorus. He shows the growth of hegemony as a major theme of the historians and an important concern of classical Greek civilization. While concentrating on the single theme of hegemony, Wickersham also offers an overall appreciation of each author studied and of the Classical Greek historians as a group.