Herodotus and Hellenistic culture : literary studies in the reception of the Histories

1. Verfasser: Priestley, Jessica , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Ausgabe: First edition.
Umfang/Format: 1 online resource (287 pages).
Schlagworte:
Herodotus. > History.
Herodotus > Criticism and interpretation.
History, Ancient > Historiography.
Greece > History > Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C. > Historiography.
Electronic books.
Parallelausgabe: ISSN: 1-306-54902-7
ISSN: 0-19-176645-3
Inhalte/Bestandteile: 3 Datensätze
Online Zugang: Available online
Inhaltsangabe:
  • ""Cover""; ""Herodotus and Hellenistic Culture: Literary Studies in the Reception of the Histories""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""THROUGH HERODOTEAN EYES""; ""HELLENISTIC RECEPTIONS OF HERODOTUSâ€? HISTORIES""; ""FRAGMENTATIONS: SINGLE AUTHOR RECEPTION HISTORIES, SOURCES, AND PERIODIZATION""; ""1: Biographical Traditions""; ""HALICARNASSUS AND SAMOS""; ""THURII""; ""PELLA AND PTOLEMAIC ALEXANDRIA""; ""THEBES AND CORINTH""; ""ATHENS""; ""2: The Great and the Marvellous""; ""WONDER-NARRATIVES IN HERODOTUS""
  • ""HerodotusÂ? rhetoric of wonder""""Unmarked wonders""; ""THUCYDIDES AND WONDER: THE FRAMEWORK CHALLENGED""; ""ARISTOTLE AND WONDER: THE FRAMEWORK REJECTED""; ""CATALOGUING THE MARVELLOUS: HERODOTUS AND PARADOXOGRAPHY""; ""HERODOTUS AND THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD""; ""A Hellenistic construct""; ""The canonical wonders: Herodotean influence?""; ""Descriptions of the Seven Wonders: Herodotus acknowledged""; ""COMPETING AESTHETICS: GREAT AND SMALL, HUMAN AND DIVINE""; ""SCHOLARLY WONDER AND HERODOTUSâ€? INQUIRIES""; ""3: Herodotus and Hellenistic Geographies""; ""GEOGRAPHICAL UNCERTAINTIES""
  • ""Hyperboreans and Hypernotians""""The River Nile""; ""Herodotus on the inundation and source of the Nile""; ""The reception of Herodotusâ€? views on the Nile""; ""Theories of a west African source""; ""Diodorus Siculusâ€? representation of Herodotus on the Nile""; ""GEOGRAPHIES OF THE PAST""; ""The Egyptianâ€?Colchis theory""; ""The geography of Apolloniusâ€? Argonautica""; ""A geographical allusion to Herodotus""; ""4: The Persian Wars: New Versions and New Contexts""; ""GALATIANS, LATTER DAY PERSIANS""; ""TIMAEUS: AN ALTERNATIVE ACCOUNT OF THE PERSIAN WARS""; ""EAST VERSUS WEST""
  • ""The beginning of the Histories (1.1â€?5)""""Apolloniusâ€? Argonautica""; ""Lycophronâ€?s Alexandra""; ""5: The Prose Homer of History""; ""HERODOTUS AND POETRY""; ""HERODOTUS THE LIAR""; ""Epilogue""; ""APPENDIX: Aristarchusâ€? Commentary on Herodotus""; ""Bibliography""; ""General Index""; ""Index of Passages Cited""

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