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Sophist kings : Persians as other in Herodotus / Vernon L. Provencal.
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- Author/Creator:
- Provencal, Vernon, author.
- Series:
- Classical Studies & Archaeology 2015.
- Classical Studies & Archaeology 2015
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Herodotus. History.
- Herodotus.
- Sophists (Greek philosophy).
- History, Ancient.
- Iran--Civilization--To 640.
- Iran.
- Civilization.
- Greece--History--Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C.
- Greece.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 330 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2015.
- System Details:
- Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- "Sophist Kings: Persians as Other sets forth a reading of Herodotus' Histories that highlights the consistency with which the Persians are depicted as sophists and Persian culture is infused with a sophistic ideology. The Persians as the Greek 'other' have a crucial role throughout Herodotus' Histories, but their characterisation is far divorced from historical reality. Instead, from their first appearance at the beginning of the Histories, Herodotus presents the Persians as adept in the argumentation of Greek sophists active in mid-5th century Athens. Moreover, Herodotus' construct of the Sophist King, in whom political reason serves human ambition, is used to explain the Achaemenid model of kingship whose rule is grounded in a theological knowledge of cosmic order and of divine justice as the political good."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note:
- Preface Introduction Chapter One: Herodotus and the Other Chapter Two: Herodotus and the Sophists Chapter Three: Herodotus and the Persians Chapter Four: Persians as Other in Herodotus Chapter Five: Sophist Kings Chapter Six: Perso-sophist Greeks Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2014 dcunns
- Other Format:
- Original
- ISBN:
- 9781472593092
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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