Recension to: V. Naas-M. Simon (2015): De Samos à Rome. Personnalité et influence de Douris, Nanterre, Presses Universitaires de Paris Ouest

Abstract

This review deals with Duris of Samos, his historical and familial background, his role as pioneer of aesthetic theories connected with art history, mimesis and tragedy, the influence exerted by his works on Roman writers (esp. Diodorus, Caesar, Livy and Pliny the Elder), the character of Hellenistic historiography and its reception in Rome.