Herodotus and the question why


Christopher Pelling.
Bok Engelsk 2019 C. B. R. Pelling
Omfang
xv, 360 pages ;
Utgave
First edition.
Opplysninger
Why did it all happen? -- To blame and to explain: narrative complications -- How can you possibly know? -- Adventures in prose -- Hippocratic affinities -- Explanations in combination -- Early moves -- Empire -- Herodotus' Persian stories -- The human and the divine -- Explaining victory -- Freedom -- Democracy -- Individuals and collectives -- Then and now : Herodotus' own day -- Why indeed?.
Emner
Herodotus - Criticism and interpretation.
History, Ancient - Historiography.
Geografisk emneord
Dewey
ISBN
9781477318324
ISBN(galt)

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