Brill's companion to the reception of Herodotus in antiquity and beyond / edited by Jessica Priestley, Vasiliki Zali.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Priestley, Jessica, editor.

Zali, Vasiliki, editor.

Brill Online Books and Journals.

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Series:

Brill's companions to classical reception ; v.6.

Brill's Companions in Classical Studies Online II

Brill's Companions in Classical Studies II

Companions in Classical Studies II

Brill's companions to classical reception

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Herodotus. History.

Herodotus.

Herodotus--Appreciation.

History, Ancient--Historiography.

History, Ancient.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 438 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Brill's Companion to the Reception of Herodotus in Antiquity and Beyond offers new insights on the reception and cultural transmission of one of the most controversial and influential texts to have survived from Classical Antiquity. Herodotus' Histories has been adopted, adapted, imitated, contested, admired and criticized across diverse genres, historical periods, and geographical boundaries. This companion, edited by Jessica Priestley and Vasiliki Zali, examines the reception of Herodotus in a range of cultural contexts, from the fifth century BC to the twentieth century AD. The essays consider key topics such as Herodotus' place in the Western historiographical tradition, translation of and scholarly engagement with the Histories, and the use of the Histories as a model for describing and interpreting cultural and geographical material. Contributors are: Eran Almagor, Christopher A. Baron, Benjamin Earley, Adam Foley, Vivienne Gray, Greta Hawes, Kinga Kosmala, Dennis Looney, John Marincola, Neville Morley, Heather Neilson, Jessica Priestley, Félix Racine, Andreas Schwab, Benjamin Eldon Stevens, Olga Tribulato, Marek Wecowski, and Vasiliki Zali.

Contents:

Part 1 "Father of History"

1 Herodotus in Thucydides: A Hypothesis / Marek Wecowski Wecowski, Marek 17

2 Herodotus and His Successors: The Rhetoric of the Persian Wars in Thucydides and Xenophon / Vasiliki Zali Zali, Vasiliki 34

3 Duris of Samos and a Herodotean Model for Writing History / Christopher A. Baron Baron, Christopher A. 59

4 "This is What Herodotus Relates": The Presence of Herodotus' Histories in Josephus' Writings / Eran Almagor Almagor, Eran 83

5 History without Malice: Plutarch Rewrites the Battle of Plataca / John Marincola Marincola, John 101

6 Herodotus in Renaissance France / Benjamin Earley Earley, Benjamin 120

7 The Anti-Thucydides: Herodotus and the Development of Modern Historiography / Neville Morley Morley, Neville 143

Part 2 Language, Translation and Scholarship

8 Herodotus' Reception in Ancient Greek Lexicography and Grammar: From the Hellenistic to the Imperial Age / Olga Tribulato Tribulato, Olga 169

9 Herodotus' Reputation in Latin Literature from Cicero to the 12th Century / Félix Racine Racine, Félix 193

10 Valla's Herodotean Labours: Towards a New View of Herodotus in the Italian Renaissance / Adam Foley Foley, Adam 213

11 Herodotus and Narrative Art in Renaissance Ferrara: The Translation of Matteo Maria Boiardo / Dennis Looney Looney, Dennis 232

12 The 'Rediscovery' of Egypt: Herodotus and His Account of Egypt in the Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute-Égypte (1802) by Vivant Denon / Andreas Schwab Schwab, Andreas 254

13 Not beyond Herodotus? Psammetichus' Experiment and Modern Thought about Language / Benjamin Eldon Stevens Stevens, Benjamin Eldon 278

Part 3 New Narratives and Genres

14 Herodotus (and Ctesias) Re-enacted: Leadership in Xenophon's Cyropaedia / Vivienne Cray Cray, Vivienne 301

15 Pausanias and the Footsteps of Herodotus / Greta Hawes Hawes, Greta 322

16 Ryszard Kapuscinski's Travels with Herodotus: Reportage from the Self / Kinga Kosmala Kosmala, Kinga 346

17 Herodotus in Fiction: Gore Vidal's Creation / Heather Neilson Neilson, Heather 367.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 11, 2016).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Brill's companion to the reception of Herodotus in antiquity and beyond

ISBN:

9789004299849

900429984X

OCLC:

932302480

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