The Cambridge Companion to Herodotus

by Edited by Carolyn Dewald , John Marincola

• ISBN13: 9780521830010
• ISBN10: 052183001X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-06-19
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Herodotus' Histories is the first major surviving prose work from antiquity. Its range of interests is immense, covering the whole of the known world and much beyond, and it culminates in a detailed account of the Persian Wars of the early fifth century BC. Moreover, recent research has shown that Herodotus is a sophisticated and at times even ironic narrator, and a pioneer and serious practitioner of historical research at a time when the Greeks' traditions about their past were still the fluid transmissions and memories of a largely oral society. This Companion provides a series of up-to-date and accessible chapters, written by distinguished scholars, illuminating many aspects of Herodotus' work: his skill in language and his narrative art; his intellectual preconceptions; his working methods and techniques; his attitude towards nature and the gods; his attitude towards foreign cultures and peoples; and his view of human life and human history.

Table of Contents

List of maps	viii
Notes on contributors	ix
Preface	xiii
List of abbreviations	xv
Maps	xvi
Introduction	1	(12)
Carolyn Dewald
John Marincola
Herodotus and the poetry of the past	13	(16)
John Marincola
Herodotus and his prose predecessors	29	(17)
Robert Fowler
Herodotus and tragedy	46	(14)
Jasper Griffin
The intellectual milieu of Herodotus	60	(16)
Rosalind Thomas
Meta-historie: Method and genre in the Histories	76	(16)
Nino Luraghi
The syntax of historie: How Herodotus writes	92	(11)
Egbert Bakker
Speech and narrative in the Histories	103	(19)
Christopher Pelling
Herodotus, Sophocles and the woman who wanted her brother saved	122	(8)
Carolyn Dewald
Rachel Kitzinger
Stories and storytelling in the Histories	130	(15)
Alan Griffiths
Humour and danger in Herodotus	145	(20)
Carolyn Dewald
Location and dislocation in Herodotus	165	(13)
Rachel Friedman
Herodotus and the natural world	178	(14)
James Romm
Herodotus and Greek religion	192	(17)
Scott Scullion
Warfare in Herodotus	209	(15)
Lawrence Tritle
Herodotus, political history and political thought	224	(18)
Sara Forsdyke
Herodotus and the cities of mainland Greece	242	(15)
Philip Stadter
An alternate world: Herodotus and Italy	257	(17)
Rosaria Vignolo Munson
Herodotus and Persia	274	(16)
Michael Flower
Herodotus and foreign lands	290	(16)
Tim Rood
Herodotus' influence in antiquity	306	(13)
Simon Hornblower
Glossary	319	(1)
Timeline	320	(4)
Bibliography	324	(23)
Index of passages	347	(18)
Index	365