Motivation and narrative in Herodotus / Emily Baragwanath.
| Author/creator |
Baragwanath, Emily, 1977- |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. |
| Description | xi, 374 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | Oxford classical monographs Oxford classical monographs. ^A238940 |
| Contents | The Histories, Plutarch, and reader response -- The Homeric background -- Constructions of motives and the historian's persona -- Problematized motivation in the Samian and Persian logoi (Book III) -- For better, for worse : motivation in the Athenian logoi (Books I, V, and VI) -- For freedom's sake : motivation in the Ionian revolt (Books V-VI) -- To medize or not to medize : compulsion and negative motives (Books VII-IX) -- Xerxes : motivation and explanation (Books VII-IX) -- Themistocles : constructions of motivation (Books VII-IX). |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-341) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2007044518 |
| ISBN | 9780199231294 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 019923129X (alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | PA4004 .B37 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |