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Myth, truth, and narrative in Herodotus / edited by Emily Baragwanath and Mathieu de Bakker.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History, Ancient.
- Herodotus. History.
- Herodotus.
- Herodotus--Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (383 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume brings together 13 ground-breaking articles which review, re-establish, and rehabilitate the origins, forms, and functions of the mythological elements that are found in the narratives of Herodotus' Histories.
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Introduction: Myth, Truth, and Narrative in Herodotus� Histories""; ""Part I: From Myth to Historical Method""; ""1. Myth and Legend in Herodotus� First Book""; ""2. Herodotus and the �Myth� of the Trojan War""; ""3. Herodotus� Proteus: Myth, History, Enquiry and Storytelling""; ""4. The Helen Logos and Herodotus� Fingerprint""; ""5. �Strangers are from Zeus�: Homeric Xenia at the Courts of Proteus and Croesus""; ""6. Herodotus on Melampus""; ""Part II: Myth and History""
- ""7. Herodotus and the Heroic Age: The Case of Minos""""8. Myth and Truth in Herodotus� Cyrus Logos""; ""9. Herodotus and Eastern Myths and Logoi: Deioces the Mede and Pythius the Lydian""; ""10. The Mythical Origins of the Medes and the Persians""; ""11. Mythology and the Expedition of Xerxes""; ""12. Returning to Troy: Herodotus and the Mythic Discourse of his own Time""; ""References""; ""Index Locorum""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""L""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""S""; ""T""; ""X""; ""General Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""
- ""H""""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Z""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 24, 2012).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-60202-4
- 9786613914477
- 0-19-162598-1
- OCLC:
- 922971310
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