Herodotus - narrator, scientist, historian

Buch | Hardcover

VIII, 348 Seiten

2018
De Gruyter (Verlag)
9783110581539 (ISBN)

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Recently the importance for Herodotus' work of contemporary medical and sophistic thought and techniques of argument has been widely recognised, as long had been his dependence on and difference from earlier geographical and ethnographic writing. This volume focuses on the place of these interests in his investigatory techniques and sets them alongside his many narrative skills, from superficially traditonal battle narrative and reworking of Greek or non-Greek traditions that border on myth to the structuring of narrative by highlighting the life of objects, and addresses such fundamental issues as how he chooses between competing explanations and how far he valued truth. The book tackles many of the basic issues that confront any attempt to understand Herodotus' work.

Ewen Bowie, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, UK.

Erscheinungsdatum	16.03.2018
Reihe/Serie	Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes ; 59
Verlagsort	Berlin/Boston
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 230 mm
Gewicht	634 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
Schlagworte	Erzähltechnik • Herodot • Herodotus • Historiographie • Narrative Technique • scientific enquiry
ISBN-13	9783110581539 / 9783110581539
Zustand	Neuware