Herodotus - narrator, scientist, historian

Ewen Bowie

ISBN 10: 3110581531 / ISBN 13: 9783110581539

Published by De Gruyter, De Gruyter, 2018

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Recently the importance for Herodotus' work of contemporary medical and sophistic thought and techniques of argument has been widely recognised, as long had been his dependence on and difference from earlier geographical and ethnographic writing. This volume focuses on the place of these interests in his investigatory techniques and sets them alongside his many narrative skills, from superficially traditonal battle narrative and reworking of Greek or non-Greek traditions that border on myth to the structuring of narrative by highlighting the life of objects, and addresses such fundamental issues as how he chooses between competing explanations and how far he valued truth. The book tackles many of the basic issues that confront any attempt to understand Herodotus' work. Seller Inventory # 9783110581539

Bibliographic Details

Title: Herodotus - narrator, scientist, historian

Publisher: De Gruyter, De Gruyter

Publication Date: 2018

Binding: Buch

Condition: Neu

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Synopsis:

Recently the importance for Herodotus' work of contemporary medical and sophistic thought and techniques of argument has been widely recognised, as long had been his dependence on and difference from earlier geographical and ethnographic writing. This volume focuses on the place of these interests in his investigatory techniques and sets them alongside his many narrative skills, from superficially traditonal battle narrative and reworking of Greek or non-Greek traditions that border on myth to the structuring of narrative by highlighting the life of objects, and addresses such fundamental issues as how he chooses between competing explanations and how far he valued truth. The book tackles many of the basic issues that confront any attempt to understand Herodotus' work.

About the Author:

Ewen Bowie, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, UK.