Brill's companion to Herodotus /
Brill's companion to Herodotus /
Companion to Herodotus
edited by Egbert J. Bakker, Irene J.F. de Jong, Hans van Wees.
- 1 online resource (xx, 652 pages) : maps.
- Brill's Companions in Classical Studies .
- Brill's Companions to Classical Studies. Brill's Companions in Classical Studies Online I, ISBN: 9789004219274. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 591-627) and indexes.
Preliminary Material / The Making of History: Herodotus’ Historiēs Apodexis / Herodotus and Athens / Oral Strategies in the Language of Herodotus / The Histories and Writing / Epic Heritage and Mythical Patterns in Herodotus / Herodotus and Tragedy / Philosophy, Science, Politics: Herodotus and the Intellectual Trends of his Time / Religion in Herodotus / Popular Morality in Herodotus / Women in Herodotus’ Histories / Narrative Unity and Units / ‘I didn’t give my own genealogy’: Herodotus and the authorial persona / Short Stories in Herodotus’ Histories / Herodotus and the Past / Herodotus as a Critic: Truth, Fiction, Polarity / Herodotus and his Sources of Information / The Organization of Time in the Histories / Egypt / Scythians / The Ethnography of the Fringes / Babylon / Archaic Greek History / Greek History c. 525–480 BC / The Persian Invasions / The Personality of Xerxes, King of Kings / Bibliography / General Index / Index of Passages / Egbert J. Bakker , Irene J.F. de Jong and Hans van Wees -- Egbert J. Bakker -- John Moles -- Simon R. Slings -- Wolfgang Rӧsler -- Deborah Boedeker -- Suzanne Saïd -- Kurt A. Raaflaub -- Jon D. Mikalson -- Nick Fisher -- Josine Blok -- Irene J. F. de Jong -- Carolyn Dewald -- Vivienne Gray -- Hans van Wees -- Paul Cartledge and Emily Greenwood -- Simon Hornblower -- Justus Cobet -- Alan B. Lloyd -- Stephanie West -- Klaus Karttunen -- Amélie Kuhrt -- Robin Osborne -- Sara Forsdyke -- Thomas Harrison -- Heleen Sancisi-Weerdenburg -- Egbert J. Bakker , Irene J.F. de Jong and Hans van Wees -- Egbert J. Bakker , Irene J.F. de Jong and Hans van Wees -- Egbert J. Bakker , Irene J.F. de Jong and Hans van Wees.
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Herodotus’ Histories can be read in many ways. Their literary qualities, never in dispute, can be more fully appreciated in the light of recent developments in the study of pragmatics, narratology, and orality. Their intellectual status has been radically reassessed: no longer regarded as naïve and ‘archaic’, the Histories are now seen as very much a product of the intellectual climate of their own day - not only subject to contemporary literary, religious, moral and social influences, but actively contributing to the great debates of their time. Their reliability as historical and ethnographic accounts, a matter of controversy even in antiquity, is being debated with renewed vigour and increasing sophistication. This Companion offers an up-to-date and in-depth overview of all these current approaches to Herodotus’ remarkable work.
9789004217584
10.1163/9789004217584 DOI
Herodotus. History.
History (Herodotus)
History, Ancient--Historiography.
History, Ancient--Historiography.
PA4004 / .B75 2002
938/.007/202
Includes bibliographical references (p. 591-627) and indexes.
Preliminary Material / The Making of History: Herodotus’ Historiēs Apodexis / Herodotus and Athens / Oral Strategies in the Language of Herodotus / The Histories and Writing / Epic Heritage and Mythical Patterns in Herodotus / Herodotus and Tragedy / Philosophy, Science, Politics: Herodotus and the Intellectual Trends of his Time / Religion in Herodotus / Popular Morality in Herodotus / Women in Herodotus’ Histories / Narrative Unity and Units / ‘I didn’t give my own genealogy’: Herodotus and the authorial persona / Short Stories in Herodotus’ Histories / Herodotus and the Past / Herodotus as a Critic: Truth, Fiction, Polarity / Herodotus and his Sources of Information / The Organization of Time in the Histories / Egypt / Scythians / The Ethnography of the Fringes / Babylon / Archaic Greek History / Greek History c. 525–480 BC / The Persian Invasions / The Personality of Xerxes, King of Kings / Bibliography / General Index / Index of Passages / Egbert J. Bakker , Irene J.F. de Jong and Hans van Wees -- Egbert J. Bakker -- John Moles -- Simon R. Slings -- Wolfgang Rӧsler -- Deborah Boedeker -- Suzanne Saïd -- Kurt A. Raaflaub -- Jon D. Mikalson -- Nick Fisher -- Josine Blok -- Irene J. F. de Jong -- Carolyn Dewald -- Vivienne Gray -- Hans van Wees -- Paul Cartledge and Emily Greenwood -- Simon Hornblower -- Justus Cobet -- Alan B. Lloyd -- Stephanie West -- Klaus Karttunen -- Amélie Kuhrt -- Robin Osborne -- Sara Forsdyke -- Thomas Harrison -- Heleen Sancisi-Weerdenburg -- Egbert J. Bakker , Irene J.F. de Jong and Hans van Wees -- Egbert J. Bakker , Irene J.F. de Jong and Hans van Wees -- Egbert J. Bakker , Irene J.F. de Jong and Hans van Wees.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Herodotus’ Histories can be read in many ways. Their literary qualities, never in dispute, can be more fully appreciated in the light of recent developments in the study of pragmatics, narratology, and orality. Their intellectual status has been radically reassessed: no longer regarded as naïve and ‘archaic’, the Histories are now seen as very much a product of the intellectual climate of their own day - not only subject to contemporary literary, religious, moral and social influences, but actively contributing to the great debates of their time. Their reliability as historical and ethnographic accounts, a matter of controversy even in antiquity, is being debated with renewed vigour and increasing sophistication. This Companion offers an up-to-date and in-depth overview of all these current approaches to Herodotus’ remarkable work.
9789004217584
10.1163/9789004217584 DOI
Herodotus. History.
History (Herodotus)
History, Ancient--Historiography.
History, Ancient--Historiography.
PA4004 / .B75 2002
938/.007/202