| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 370 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction : myth, truth, and narrative in Herodotus' Histories / Emily Baragwanath and Mathieu de Bakker -- Myth and legend in Herodotus' first book / Carolyn Dewald -- Herodotus and the 'myth' of the Trojan War / Suzanne Said -- Herodotus' Proteus : myth, history, enquiry and storytelling / Mathieu de Bakker -- The Helen logos and Herodotus' fingerprint / Irene de Jong -- 'Strangers are from Zeus ': Homeric xenia at the courts of Proteus and Croesus / Elizabeth Vandiver -- Herodotus on Melampus / Vivienne J. Gray -- Herodotus and the Heroic Age : the case of Minos / Rosaria Vignolo Munson -- Myth and truth in Herodotus' Cyrus logos / Charles C. Chiasson -- Herodotus and eastern myths and logoi : Deioces the Mede and Pythius the Lydian / Rosalind Thomas -- The mythical origins of the Medes and the Persians / Pietro Vannicelli -- Mythology and the expedition of Xerxes / Angus M. Bowie -- Returning to Troy : Herodotus and the mythic discourse of his own time / Emily Baragwanath |
| Summary |
This volume brings together 13 ground-breaking articles which review, re-establish, and rehabilitate the origins, forms, and functions of the mythological elements that are found in the narratives of Herodotus' Histories |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Herodotus -- Congresses
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Herodotus. fast (OCoLC)fst00040347 |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Ancient -- Greece.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Baragwanath, Emily, 1977-
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Bakker, Mathieu de.
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| ISBN |
9780191625985 |
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0191625981 |
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0191745324 |
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9780191745324 |
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9781283602020 |
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1283602024 |
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