Brill's companion to Herodotus / edited by Egbert J. Bakker, Irene J.F. de Jong, Hans van Wees.

Other author Bakker, Egbert J.
Other author Wees, Hans van.
Other author Jong, Irene J. F. de.
Format Book
Publication InfoLeiden Boston : Brill, 2002.
Descriptionxx, 652 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Subjects
Herodotus. History.
History, Ancient--Historiography.

Portion of title Companion to Herodotus
Contents The making of history : Herodotus' Historiēs apodexis / Egbert J. Bakker -- Herodotus and Athens / John Moles -- Oral strategies in the language of Herodotus / Simon R. Slings -- The Histories and writing / Wolfgang Rösler -- Epic heritage and mythical patterns in Herodotus / Deborah Boedeker -- Herodotus and tragedy / Suzanne Saïd -- Philosophy, science, politics : Herodotus and the intellectual trends of his time / Kurt A. Raaflaub -- Religion in Herodotus / Jon D. Mikalson -- Popular morality in Herodotus / Nick Fisher -- Women in Herodotus' Histories / Josine Blok -- Narrative unity and units / Irene J.F. de Jong -- "I didn't give my own genealogy" : Herodotus and the authorial persona / Carolyn Dewald -- Short stories in Herodotus' Histories / Vivienne Gray -- Herodotus and the past / Hans van Wees -- Herodotus as a critic : truth, fiction, polarity / Paul Cartledge and Emily Greenwood -- Herodotus and his sources of information / Simon Hornblower -- The organization of time in the Histories / Justus Cobet -- Egypt / Alan B. Lloyd -- Scythians / Stephanie West -- The ethnography of the fringes / Klaus Karttunen -- Babylon / Amélie Kuhrt -- Archaic Greek history / Robin Osborne -- Greek history, c. 525-480 BC / Sara Forsdyke -- The Persian invasions / Thomas Harrison -- The personality of Xerxes, King of Kings / Helen Sancisi-Weerdenburg.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [591]-627) and indexes.
LCCN 2002284099
ISBN9004120602

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Joyner General Stacks PA4004 .B75 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold