Thanks for your comment. The Life of Theseus is one of many texts I discuss in the book. Greco-Roman writers could of course also use the same historicizing techniques for recent figures like Apollonius of Tyana (Philostratus) or the Caesars (Suetonius). What is important to note is the rhetorical techniques of historicizing, which can apply to ancient and not-so-ancient people.
Thanks for your comment. The Life of Theseus is one of many texts I discuss in the book. Greco-Roman writers could of course also use the same historicizing techniques for recent figures like Apollonius of Tyana (Philostratus) or the Caesars (Suetonius). What is important to note is the rhetorical techniques of historicizing, which can apply to ancient and not-so-ancient people.