The Cambridge companion to Herodotus /

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Imprint:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 378 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge collections online Cambridge companions to literature Cambridge collections online. Cambridge companions to literature.
Subject:	Herodotus -- Criticism and interpretation. Herodotus. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12468174

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

Table of Contents:

Herodotus and the poetry of the past / John Marincola
Herodotus and his prose predecessors / Robert Fowler
Herodotus and tragedy / Jasper Griffin
The intellectual milieu of Herodotus / Rosalind Thomas
Meta-historie ̄: method and genre in the Histories / Nino Luraghi
The syntax of historie ̄: how Herodotus writes / Egbert Bakker
Speech and narrative in the Histories / Christopher Pelling
Herodotus, Sophocles and the woman who wanted her brother saved / Carolyn Dewald and Rachael Kitzinger
Stories and storytelling in the Histories / Alan Griffiths
Humour and danger in Herodotus / Carolyn Dewald
Location and dislocation in Herodotus / Rachel Friedman
Herodotus and the natural world / James Romm
Herodotus and Greek religion / Scott Scullion
Warfare in Herodotus / Lawrence Tritle
Herodotus, political history and political thought / Sara Forsdyke
Herodotus and the cities of mainland Greece / Philip Stadter
An alternate world : Herodotus and Italy / Rosaria Vignolo Munson
Herodotus and Persia / Michael Flower
Herodotus and foreign lands / Tim Rood
Herodotus' influence in antiquity / Simon Hornblower.

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