Herodotus

by Romm, James S.

• ISBN13: 9780300072297
• ISBN10: 0300072295
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-11-01
• Publisher: Yale Univ Pr

Summary

Herodotus, widely known as the father of history, was not only a historian but also a master story-teller, argues the author of this insightful book. James Romm gives general readers a fresh appreciation of the Histories and shows that Herodotus was more than a source of historical data-he was a masterful and artistic author who created a radically new literary genre.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
John Herington
Preface	xiii
Introduction: Myth and History	1	(11)
From Homer to Herodotus	12	(20)
The Sixth Century: The New World Order	32	(16)
The Man and the Work	48	(11)
The Downfall of Greatness	59	(18)
The Structure of the Earth	77	(17)
The Kingdom of Culture	94	(20)
The Art of the Storyteller	114	(18)
Reason, Credulity, and Faith	132	(16)
The Fifth Century: Wars Between Worlds	148	(9)
Characters and Characterization	157	(16)
Persians and Greeks	173	(18)
The Great War and the Great Age	191	(12)
Bibliographical Note and Acknowledgments	203	(6)
Index	209