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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826982803321

Autore

Thomas Rosalind <1959->

Titolo

Herodotus in context : ethnography, science, and the art of persuasion / / Rosalind Thomas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, U.K. ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2000

ISBN

0-511-15822-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Disciplina

938/.007/202

Soggetti

History, Ancient - Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-310) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Index locorum -- General index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the Histories of Herodotus within the context of the intellectual climate of the mid- to late fifth century BC. It sees Herodotus' writings as part of the world of scientific enquiry more familiar from the natural philosophers and medical works of the time.