Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other authors / contributors: | Dewald, Carolyn, editor.
Marincola, John, editor.
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| ISBN: | 9781139001045 (ebook)
9780521830010 (hardback)
9780521536837 (paperback)
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| Notes: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).
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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, 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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| Other form: | Print version: 9780521830010
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