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The 31 pages that link to Ancient Greek historiography, each with the reason it gives.

• HerodotusNarrower topic: Herodotus’s inquiry helped establish historical prose as a Greek literary form.

• Diodorus SiculusNarrower topic: Diodorus’s methods and models belong to this wider literary tradition.

• ThucydidesNarrower topic: Thucydides developed a demanding model within this broader tradition.

• StraboNarrower topic: Strabo’s surviving work transmits historical material from earlier authors whose works are lost.

• Cassius DioNarrower topic: Dio used Greek historical prose to recount Rome’s political past.

• ManethoNarrower topic: Manetho presented Egyptian history in a Greek literary form for a Hellenistic audience.

• XenophonNarrower topic: Xenophon’s historical works occupy a distinctive place within this tradition.

• CtesiasNarrower topic: Ctesias adapted Greek historical writing to Persian royal history.

• Alexander RomanceNarrower topic: The romance reshaped historical writing into a narrative of marvels and adventure.

• Darius the GreatNarrower topic: Greek narratives frame Darius chiefly through Persian expansion and conflict with Greek states.

• History of the Peloponnesian WarNarrower topic: Thucydides’ innovations and limits become clearer beside the wider tradition.

• Messenian WarsNarrower topic: Later historians preserve the wars’ narrative but differ in reliability and detail.

• CyropaediaNarrower topic: The Cyropaedia borrows historical forms without functioning as straightforward history.

• First Messenian WarNarrower topic: The war’s narrative survives through authors writing centuries after the events.

• Quintus Fabius PictorNarrower topic: Fabius composed his Roman history in Greek, addressing a wider Mediterranean literary world.

• Battle of ArginusaeNarrower topic: Comparing Xenophon and Diodorus helps separate reported events from later narrative choices.

• Milo of CrotonNarrower topic: Its methods and conventions shape how Milo's anecdotes should be assessed.

• Hamilcar I of CarthageNarrower topic: Hamilcar's surviving story comes through Greek historical traditions.

• HerostratusNarrower topic: Herostratus’s motives and punishment survive through later historical writing.

• Lucius Cincius AlimentusNarrower topic: Alimentus wrote his Roman history in Greek, using the language of established historiography.