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Brill's companion to Herodotus
Title
Brill's companion to Herodotus / edited by Egbert J. Bakker, Irene J.F. de Jong, Hans van Wees.
ISBN
9004120602 (hd.bd.)
Published
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002.
Physical Description
xx, 652 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Variant and related titles
Companion to Herodotus
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 18, 2002
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [591]-627) and indexes.
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.
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