The Definition and Periodization of Historical Events in Greek Narrative Tradition of Classical Period
The article deals with the approaches of ancient Greek historians to the definition and periodization of historical events. Some definitions of wars (ta Medika, ho Medikos polemos, ho Attikos polemos etc) are considered in this paper. The consideration of this subject resulted in the con-clusion that the appearance of some terms for historical events in the Greek narrative tradition of classical period was connected with the graduate process of Greek thinking and re-thinking of the past.