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| Other authors / contributors: | Dewald, Carolyn.
Marincola, John.
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| ISBN: | 9781139001045
1139001043
052183001X
9780521830010
1139817132
9781139817134
9780521830010
052183001X
9780521536837
0521536839
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-346) and indexes.
Access restricted to authorised University of Cambridge users.
English.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | 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, recent 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 up-to-date and 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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| Other form: | Print version: Cambridge companion to Herodotus. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006 052183001X
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| Standard no.: | 9780521830010
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