Brill's companion to Herodotus / edited by Egbert J. Bakker, Irene J.F. de Jong, Hans van Wees.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Bakker, Egbert J., Wees, Hans van, Jong, Irene J. F. de
Language:	English
Published:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002.
Subjects:	Herodotus. > History > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Herodotus > Criticism and interpretation > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Herodotus > Technique. Herodotus > Literary style. History, Ancient > Historiography > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Greece > History > To 146 B.C. > Historiography > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Genre:	Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Physical Description:	xx, 652 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Variant Title:	Companion to Herodotus.
Format:	Book

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.