Cambridge Companion to Herodotus
Carolyn Dewald (Redaktør) ; John Marincola (Redaktør)
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. Les mer
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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.
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2006
Forlag: Cambridge University Press
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Språk: Engelsk
ISBN: 9780521830010
Format: 23 x 16 cm
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«The Cambridge Companion to Herodotus is am odel of its kind and its editors should be proud. We are all in their debt." - John Dillery, University of Virginia»
Introduction Carolyn Dewald and John Marincola; 1. Herodotus and the poetry of the past John Marincola; 2. Herodotus and his
prose predecessors Robert Fowler; 3. Herodotus and tragedy Jasper Griffin; 4. The intellectual milieu of Herodotus Rosalind
Thomas; 5. Meta-historiê: method and genre in the Histories Nino Luraghi; 6. The syntax of historiê: how Herodotus writes
Egbert Bakker; 7. Speech and narrative in the Histories Christopher Pelling; 8. Herodotus, Sophocles and the woman who wanted
her brother saved Carolyn Dewald and Rachel Kitzinger; 9. Stories and story-telling in the Histories Alan Griffiths; 10. Humour
and danger in Herodotus Carolyn Dewald; 11. Location and dislocation in Herodotus Rachel Friedman; 12. Herodotus and the natural
world James Romm; 13. Herodotus and Greek religion Scott Scullion; 14. Warfare in Herodotus Lawrence Tritle; 15. Herodotus,
political history and political thought Sara Forsdyke; 16. Herodotus and the cities of mainland Greece Philip Stadter; 17.
Herodotus and Italy Rosaria Munson; 18. Herodotus and Persia Michael Flower; 19. Herodotus and foreign lands Tim Rood; 20.
Herodotus' influence in antiquity Simon Hornblower; Glossary; Timeline.
Carolyn Dewald is Professor of History and Classics at Bard College, New York. She has written extensively on Herodotus, including
the introduction and notes to Herodotus The Histories (translated by Robin Waterfield) (1998). Her other publications include
Thucydides' War Narrative: A Structural Study (forthcoming). John Marincola is Professor of Classics at Florida State University.
His previous publications include Authority and Tradition in Ancient Historiography (Cambridge University Press, 1997), Greek
Historians (2001) and (with M. A. Flower) Herodotus: Histories Book IX (Cambridge University Press, 2002.