The Cambridge companion to Herodotus / edited by Carolyn Dewald and John Marincola.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dewald, Carolyn, editor.

Marincola, John, editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature.

Cambridge companions to literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Herodotus--Criticism and interpretation.

Herodotus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 378 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Herodotus' Histories is the first major surviving prose work from antiquity. Its range of interests is immense, covering the whole of the known world and much beyond, and it culminates in a detailed account of the Persian Wars of the early fifth century BC. Moreover, research has shown that Herodotus is a sophisticated and at times even ironic narrator, and a pioneer and serious practitioner of historical research at a time when the Greeks' traditions about their past were still the fluid transmissions and memories of a largely oral society. This Companion provides a series of accessible chapters, written by distinguished scholars, illuminating many aspects of Herodotus' work: his skill in language and his narrative art; his intellectual preconceptions; his working methods and techniques; his attitude towards nature and the gods; his attitude towards foreign cultures and peoples; and his view of human life and human history.

Contents:

Herodotus and the poetry of the past / John Marincola

Herodotus and his prose predecessors / Robert Fowler

Herodotus and tragedy / Jasper Griffin

The intellectual milieu of Herodotus / Rosalind Thomas

Meta-historiē : method and genre in the Histories / Nino Luraghi

The syntax of historiē : how Herodotus writes / Egbert Bakker

Speech and narrative in the Histories / Christopher Pelling

Herodotus, Sophocles and the woman who wanted her brother saved / Carolyn Dewald and Rachael Kitzinger

Stories and storytelling in the Histories / Alan Griffiths

Humour and danger in Herodotus / Carolyn Dewald

Location and dislocation in Herodotus / Rachel Friedman

Herodotus and the natural world / James Romm

Herodotus and Greek religion / Scott Scullion

Warfare in Herodotus / Lawrence Tritle

Herodotus, political history and political thought / Sara Forsdyke

Herodotus and the cities of mainland Greece / Philip Stadter

An alternate world : Herodotus and Italy / Rosaria Vignolo Munson

Herodotus and Persia / Michael Flower

Herodotus and foreign lands / Tim Rood

Herodotus' influence in antiquity / Simon Hornblower.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).

ISBN:

1-139-81713-2

1-139-00104-3