Ethnicity and Identity in Herodotus

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"This book grew out of a panel which the editors organized: "Ethnicity and Multiculturalism in Herodotus: Through Others' Eyes". It was held at the Ninth Celtic Conference in Classics, University College Dublin, June 2016"-- Preface. Contents Notes on contributors Preface Introduction The methodology of ethnic identification in Herodotus Herodotus’ Hermeneus and the translation of culture in the Histories Language as a marker of ethnicity in Herodotus and contemporaries Protocols of ethnic specification in Herodotus Emotion and ethnicity in Herodotus’ Histories Ethnicity among the Greeks Mages and Ionians revisited Freedom and culture in Herodotus Cosmopolitanism and contingency in Herodotus A goddess for the Greeks Ethnic identity among the Barbaroi Herodotus’ Memphite sources The Greeks as seen from the east Mirages of ethnicity and the distant north in Book IV of the Histories Ethnicity in Herodotus Reflections of Herodotean ethnic historiography Barbarians, Greekness, and wisdom Scientific discourse in Herodotus Book II and its reflection in the age of New World discovery Index Locorum General Index