Umfang:
XI, 370 S.
Ausgabe:
1. ed., 2. impr.
ISBN:
9780199693979
Inhalt:
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
Inhalt:
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
Anmerkung:
Bibliogr. S. [313] - 341
,
Index locorum S. [343] - 355
,
Generalindex S. [357] - 370
,
Introduction : myth, truth, and narrative in Herodotus' Histories / Emily Baragwanath and Mathieu de BakkerMyth and legend in Herodotus' first book / Carolyn Dewald -- Herodotus and the 'myth' of the Trojan War / Suzanne Said -- Herodotus' Proteus : myth, history, enquiry and storytelling / Mathieu de Bakker -- The Helen logos and Herodotus' fingerprint / Irene de Jong -- 'Strangers are from Zeus ': Homeric xenia at the courts of Proteus and Croesus / Elizabeth Vandiver -- Herodotus on Melampus / Vivienne J. Gray -- Herodotus and the Heroic Age : the case of Minos / Rosaria Vignolo Munson -- Myth and truth in Herodotus' Cyrus logos / Charles C. Chiasson -- Herodotus and eastern myths and logoi : Deioces the Mede and Pythius the Lydian / Rosalind Thomas -- The mythical origins of the Medes and the Persians / Pietro Vannicelli -- Mythology and the expedition of Xerxes / Angus M. Bowie -- Returning to Troy : Herodotus and the mythic discourse of his own time / Emily Baragwanath.
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Altertumswissenschaften
Schlagwort(e):
Herodotus
;
Erzähltechnik
;
Aufsatzsammlung
