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Herodotus and the question why

By Herodotus;Pelling , C. B. R

Book information

Publisher
University of Texas Press
Year
2019
ISBN
9781477318324, 9781477318331, 9781477318348, 1477318321
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
20 MB (21029239 bytes)
Series
Fordyce W. Mitchel Memorial Lecture Series
Edition
First edition
Pages
xv, 360 pages ; 24 cm\379
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Ancient -- Historiography;Greece -- HistoriographyAncient--Historiography;Literarizität;Literaturkrietc.;Government publication;Herodotus -- CriticismGeschichtsschreibung;Historiography;Historisches Einterpretation

Description

Why did it all happen? -- To blame and to explain: narrative complications -- How can you possibly know? -- Adventures in prose -- Hippocratic affinities -- Explanations in combination -- Early moves -- Empire -- Herodotus' Persian stories -- The human and the divine -- Explaining victory -- Freedom -- Democracy -- Individuals and collectives -- Then and now : Herodotus' own day -- Why indeed? Why did it all happen? -- To blame and to explain: narrative complications -- How can you possibly know? -- Adventures in prose -- Hippocratic affinities -- Explanations in combination -- Early moves -- Empire -- Herodotus' Persian stories -- The human and the divine -- Explaining victory -- Freedom -- Democracy -- Individuals and collectives -- Then and now : Herodotus' own day -- Why indeed?

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