Interpreting Herodotus
Developing the themes and ideas of Charles W. Fornara's seminal publication Herodotus: An Interpretative Essay (Oxford, 1971), this volume offers a new look at the Histories in light of the explosion of scholarship in the intervening years, focusing particularly on how we can interpret Herodotu...
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| Format: | Conference Paper |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, United Kingdom
Oxford University Press
2018
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| Edition: | First edition |
| Volumes / Articles: | Show Volumes / Articles. |
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| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1729625 Rezension: http://www.sehepunkte.de/2020/11/32188.html 
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| Author Notes: | edited by Thomas Harrison and Elizabeth Irwin |
| Summary: | Developing the themes and ideas of Charles W. Fornara's seminal publication Herodotus: An Interpretative Essay (Oxford, 1971), this volume offers a new look at the Histories in light of the explosion of scholarship in the intervening years, focusing particularly on how we can interpret Herodotus' work in terms of the context in which he wrote 7: Gifts for Cyrus, Tribute for Darius8: Surveying Greatness and Magnitude in Herodotus; 1.5.4 AND SPATIO-TEMPORAL MAGNITUDE; EXTRAPOLATING FROM THE PERSIAN EXPERIENCE: LESSONS IN SIZE AND POWER; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX 1: THE RELATIVE SIZE OF GREEK AND PERSIAN FORCES IN HDT. BOOKS 6â#x80;#x93;9; 9: Herodotus and his World; APPROACHING HERODOTUS; HERODOTEAN CONTEXTS; ETHNOGRAPHY AND HISTORY; HERODOTUS, THE GREEKS, AND HOMER; 10: The Dynamics of Time: Herodotusâ#x80;#x99; Histories and Contemporary Athens Before and After Fornara; IRONY: FORNARA AND HIS RECEPTION; THE HISTORIESâ#x80;#x99; OBLIQUENESS Cover; Interpreting Herodotus; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations and Conventions; List of Contributors; 1: Introduction; THE UNITY OF THE HISTORIES; SOURCES AND CONTEXTS; THE PRESENT IN THE PAST; 2: Making Logoi: Herodotusâ#x80;#x99; Book 2 and Hecataeus of Miletus; FORNARAâ#x80;#x99;S CRITIQUE OF BOOK 2; FORMAL ASPECTS OF BOOK 2: CROSS-REFERENCING, CITATION, AUTHORIAL PRESENCE; HERODOTUS AND THE LOGOI OF HECATAEUS; HECATAEUS, HERODOTUS, AND CTESIAS: ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE LOGOPOIOS; 3: The Lesson of Book 2; A VERY HERODOTEAN HELEN-LOGOS HERODOTUSâ#x80;#x99; OTHER GEOGRAPHIC AND ETHNOGRAPHIC LOGOISOME CONCLUSIONS CONCERNING BOOK 2; ENRICHMENT OF BARE HISTORICAL NARRATIVE BY TECHNIQUES DRAWN FROM HOMERIC EPIC?; HECATAEUS; THE DIVERSITY OF HERODOTUSâ#x80;#x99; HISTORIES; 4: Herodotusâ#x80;#x99; Book 2 and the Unity of the Work; INTRODUCTION; BOOK 2 AND HERODOTUSâ#x80;#x99; GEOGRAPHIC CONCEPTION; BOOK 2 AND CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER IN HERODOTUSâ#x80;#x99; HISTORIES; THE ETHNOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF EGYPT AND THEIR IMPORTANCE FOR THE HISTORIES AS A WHOLE; THE HISTORY OF THE KINGS OF EGYPT FROM A CONCEPTUAL POINT OF VIEW; Part I: From Min to Sethos Part II: From the Dodecarchs to the End of Egyptâ#x80;#x99;s Sovereignty and a Perspective on Herodotusâ#x80;#x99; Own TimeCONCLUDING REMARKS; 5: Dogs That Do Not (Always) Bark: Herodotus on Persian Egypt; SOME PROPOSITIONS ABOUT PERSIAN EGYPT; SILENCES; SUMMARY AND CONCLUDING REMARKS; APPENDIX 1: DATABASE ORGANIZED BY REIGN; APPENDIX 2: DB Â21 AND THE SUPPRESSION OF ARYANDES; 6: Herodotus and the Transformation of Ancient Near Eastern Motifs: Darius I, Oebares, and the Neighing Horse; INTRODUCTION; DARIUS, OEBARES, AND THE NEIGHING HORSE IN HERODOTUS; THE NARROWER CONTEXT; THE LARGER CONTEXT; OEBARES; CODA SOCLESâ#x80;#x99; SPEECH (I ) : ORACLE ON THE PRESENTSOCLESâ#x80;#x99; SPEECH (II): TIME AND HISTORICAL MEANING; THE HISTORIES IN TIME; 11: Herodotusʼ Allusions to the Sparta of his Day; SPARTAN KINGS; THE SPARTANS AS COLLECTIVE ACTORS; SPARTAN BEHAVIOUR DURING THE PENTECONTAETIA AND THE ARCHIDAMIAN WAR; THE JUDGEMENT OF ATHENIAN AUTHORS OF THE FIFTH CENTURY ABOUT THE SPARTANS; CONCLUDING REMARKS ON HERODOTEAN SPARTA; 12: Herodotus and Democracy; INTRODUCTION; HERODOTUSâ#x80;#x99; KEY TERMS; HERODOTUSâ#x80;#x99; USE OF THE KEY TERMS; 13: The End of the Histories and the End of the Atheno-Peloponnesian Wars; INTRODUCTION |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |