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Brill's companion to Herodotus / edited by Egbert J. Bakker, Irene J.F. de Jong, Hans van Wees.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Brill's Companions in Classical Studies Online I.
- Brill's Companions in Classical Studies Online I
- Brill's Companions in Classical Studies I
- Companions in Classical Studies I
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Herodotus. History.
- Herodotus.
- History, Ancient--Historiography.
- History, Ancient.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 652 pages) : maps.
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- Companion to Herodotus
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Herodotus' outstanding achievements as a literary figure, intellectual, historian and ethnographer have in recent years come to be appreciated with much greater depth and subtlety. This Companion offers an up-to-date and in-depth overview of current approaches to Herodotus' remarkable work.
- Contents:
- The making of history : Herodotus' Historiēs apodexis / Egbert J. Bakker
- Herodotus and Athens / John Moles
- Oral strategies in the language of Herodotus / Simon R. Slings
- The Histories and writing / Wolfgang Rösler
- Epic heritage and mythical patterns in Herodotus / Deborah Boedeker
- Herodotus and tragedy / Suzanne Saïd
- Philosophy, science, politics : Herodotus and the intellectual trends of his time / Kurt A. Raaflaub
- Religion in Herodotus / Jon D. Mikalson
- Popular morality in Herodotus / Nick Fisher
- Women in Herodotus' Histories / Josine Blok
- Narrative unity and units / Irene J.F. de Jong
- "I didn't give my own genealogy" : Herodotus and the authorial persona / Carolyn Dewald
- Short stories in Herodotus' Histories / Vivienne Gray
- Herodotus and the past / Hans van Wees
- Herodotus as a critic : truth, fiction, polarity / Paul Cartledge and Emily Greenwood
- Herodotus and his sources of information / Simon Hornblower
- The organization of time in the Histories / Justus Cobet
- Egypt / Alan B. Lloyd
- Scythians / Stephanie West
- The ethnography of the fringes / Klaus Karttunen
- Babylon / Amélie Kuhrt
- Archaic Greek history / Robin Osborne
- Greek history, c. 525-480 BC / Sara Forsdyke
- The Persian invasions / Thomas Harrison
- The personality of Xerxes, King of Kings / Helen Sancisi-Weerdenburg.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 591-627) and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Brill's companion to Herodotus.
- ISBN:
- 9789004217584
- 9004217584
- OCLC:
- 606793896
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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