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Brill's companion to Herodotus

Title
Brill's companion to Herodotus / edited by Egbert J. Bakker, Irene J.F. de Jong, Hans van Wees.
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002.

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Additional Authors
  • Bakker, Egbert J.
  • Wees, Hans van.
  • Jong, Irene J. F. de.
Description
xx, 652 p. : maps; 25 cm.
Alternative Title
Companion to Herodotus
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [591]-627) and indexes.
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.
Call Number
JFE 03-3730
ISBN
9004120602 (hd.bd.)
OCLC
50091520
Title
Brill's companion to Herodotus / edited by Egbert J. Bakker, Irene J.F. de Jong, Hans van Wees.
Imprint
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [591]-627) and indexes.
Added Author
Bakker, Egbert J.
Wees, Hans van.
Jong, Irene J. F. de.
Research Call Number
JFE 03-3730
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