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1 online resource (xiii, 376 pages) |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Oxford scholarship online.
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Oxford scholarship online. Classical Studies module
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| Contents |
10. Why Did Herodotus not Mention the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? / Stephanie Dalley -- 11. [Athenaioisi] [tetagmenoisi] [en] [temenei] [Erakleos] (Hdt. 6. 108. 1) / Angelos P. Matthaiou -- 12. Herodotos (8. 137-8), the Manumissions from Leukopetra, and the Topography of the Middle Haliakmon Valley / Miltiades Hatzopoulos -- 13. Cleisthenes (of Athens) and Corinth / John Salmon -- 14. 'Prophecy in Reverse'? Herodotus and the Origins of History / Thomas Harrison -- 15. Oracles for Sale / Hugh Bowden -- 16. The Common Oracle of the Milesians and the Argives (Hdt. 6.19 and 77) / Marcel Pierart -- 17. Herodotus and the 'Resurrection' / John Gould -- 18. Herodotos and Athens / Robert Fowler -- 19. Democracy without Theory / John Davies -- Indexes / Graham Shipley -- Select Epigraphic Index |
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1. Authorial Voice and Narrative Management in Herodotus / Roger Brock -- 2. Pedestrian Fatalities: The Prosaics of Death in Herodotus / Deborah Boedeker -- 3. Panionios of Chios and Hermotimos of Pedasa (Hdt. 8. 104-6) / Simon Hornblower -- 4. Herodotean Chronology Revisited / P.J. Rhodes -- 5. Who Was Actually Buried in the First of the Three Spartan Tombs (Hdt. 9. 85. 1)? Textual and Historical Problems / Dwora Gilula -- 6. The Oldest 'New' Military Historians: Herodotos, W.G. Forrest, and the Historiography of War / Eugenia C. Kiesling -- 7. Herodotos (and others) on Pelasgians: Some Perceptions of Ethnicity / Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood -- 8. Herodotus' Conception of Historical Space and the Beginnings of Universal History / Jose-Miguel Alonso-Nunez -- 9. 'Tradition' in Herodotus: The Foundation of Cyrene / Irad Malkin |
| Summary |
This collection of essays illuminates Herodotus and the world in which he wrote. In addition to presenting a picture of Herodotean studies today, this volume provides a reminder of the insights and legacies of the work of George Forrest |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-366) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Herodotus. History -- Congresses
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Herodotus ca. 485 v. Chr.-424 v. Chr. |
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Herodotus. |
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History (Herodotus) |
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History, Ancient -- Historiography -- Congresses
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Historiography -- Greece -- Congresses
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Historiography.
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History, Ancient -- Historiography.
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Kongress
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Historiae (Herodotus)
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Greece.
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essays.
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Essays.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Essays.
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Essais.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Derow, Peter
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Parker, Robert, 1950-
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| LC no. |
2002033696 |
| ISBN |
9780199253746 |
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0199253749 |
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9780191719745 |
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0191719749 |
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