Greco-Roman sources

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Greco-Roman sources are ancient historical, literary, and scholarly texts produced in the Greek and Roman worlds that document and interpret the peoples, cultures, and events of the Mediterranean and Near East.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Greco-Roman historiography 1
Greco-Roman sources canonical 1

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Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient textual tradition ⓘ
historical source corpus ⓘ
literary corpus ⓘ
primary source material ⓘ
contrastedWith Jewish Second Temple literature ⓘ
Near Eastern primary sources ⓘ
early Christian writings ⓘ
documents Near Eastern cultures ⓘ
Near Eastern peoples ⓘ
cultures of the Mediterranean ⓘ
economic life ⓘ
military campaigns ⓘ
peoples of the Mediterranean ⓘ
political events ⓘ
religious practices ⓘ
social structures ⓘ
hasPerspectiveBias Greco-Roman cultural viewpoint ⓘ
includesGenre biography ⓘ
drama ⓘ
epic poetry ⓘ
ethnography ⓘ
geographical work ⓘ
historiography ⓘ
inscription ⓘ
legal text ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ
papyrus document ⓘ
philosophical treatise ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
rhetorical treatise ⓘ
interprets barbarian peoples ⓘ
foreign cultures ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
oftenCharacterizedBy ethnocentric descriptions ⓘ
imperial perspectives ⓘ
producedInRegion Greek world ⓘ
Mediterranean basin ⓘ
linked to: Mediterranean Basin

Roman world ⓘ
timePeriod Classical antiquity ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
usedBy ancient historians ⓘ
archaeologists ⓘ
biblical scholars ⓘ
classical historians ⓘ
philologists ⓘ
usedFor reconstructing ancient history ⓘ
studying Greco-Roman law ⓘ
studying Mediterranean religions ⓘ
studying ancient literature ⓘ
studying ancient philosophy ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Idumaean → termUsage → Greco-Roman sources ⓘ
Life of Publicola → literaryTradition → Greco-Roman historiography ⓘ
linked to: Greco-Roman sources