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Record Nr.

UNISA996207033003316

Titolo

Myth, truth, and narrative in Herodotus [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Emily Baragwanath and Mathieu de Bakker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-283-60202-4

9786613914477

0-19-162598-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (383 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BaragwanathEmily <1977->

BakkerMathieu de

Disciplina

938.007202

Soggetti

History, Ancient

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Introduction: Myth, Truth, and Narrative in Herodotus� Histories""; ""Part I: From Myth to Historical Method""; ""1. Myth and Legend in Herodotus� First Book""; ""2. Herodotus and the �Myth� of the Trojan War""; ""3. Herodotus� Proteus: Myth, History, Enquiry and Storytelling""; ""4. The Helen Logos and Herodotus� Fingerprint""; ""5. �Strangers are from Zeus�: Homeric Xenia at the Courts of Proteus and Croesus""; ""6. Herodotus on Melampus""; ""Part II: Myth and History""

""7. Herodotus and the Heroic Age: The Case of Minos""""8. Myth and Truth in Herodotus� Cyrus Logos""; ""9. Herodotus and Eastern Myths and Logoi: Deioces the Mede and Pythius the Lydian""; ""10. The Mythical Origins of the Medes and the Persians""; ""11. Mythology and the Expedition of Xerxes""; ""12. Returning to Troy: Herodotus and the Mythic Discourse of his own Time""; ""References""; ""Index Locorum""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""L""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""S""; ""T""; ""X""; ""General Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""

""H""""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

This volume brings together 13 ground-breaking articles which review,



re-establish, and rehabilitate the origins, forms, and functions of the mythological elements that are found in the narratives of Herodotus' Histories.