Reading Herodotus : a study of the logoi in Book 5 of Herodotus' Histories

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Reading Herodotus : a study of the logoi in Book 5 of Herodotus' Histories

edited by Elizabeth Irwin and Emily Greenwood

Cambridge University Press, 2007

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Note

Papers based on a colloquium held July 2002 at the Faculty of Classics, Cambridge University

Bibliography: p. 311-329

Includes indexes

Contents of Works

  • Introduction : reading Herodotus, reading book 5 / Elizabeth Irwin and Emily Greenwood
  • 'What's in a name?' and exploring the comparable : onomastics, ethnography and kratos in Thrace (5.1-2 and 3-10) / Elizabeth Irwin
  • The Paeonians (5.11-17) / Robin Osborne
  • Narrating ambiguity : murder and Macedonian alliances (5.17-22) / David Fearn
  • Bridging the narrative (5.23-7) / Emily Greenwood
  • The trouble with the Ionians : Herodotus and the beginning of the Ionian Revolt (5.28-38.1) / Rosaria Munson
  • The Dorieus episode and the Ionian Revolt (5.42-8) / Simon Hornblower
  • Aristagoras (5.49-55.97) / Christopher Pelling
  • Structure and significance (5.55-69) / Vivienne Gray
  • Athens and Aegina (5.82-9) / Johannes Haubold
  • 'Saving' Greece from the 'ignominy' of tyranny? : the 'famous' and 'wonderful' speech of Socles (5.92) / John Moles
  • Cyprus and Onesilus : an interlude of freedom (5.104, 108-16) / Anastasia Serghidou
  • The fourth Dorian Invasion and the Ionian Revolt (5.76-126) / John Henderson

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Reading Herodotus is a 2007 text which represented a departure in Herodotean scholarship: it was the first multi-authored collection of scholarly essays to focus on a single book of Herodotus' Histories. Each chapter studies a separate logos in Book 5 and pursues two closely related lines of inquiry: first, to propose an individual thesis about the political, historical, and cultural significance of the subjects that Herodotus treats in Book 5, and second, to analyze the connections and continuities between its logos and the overarching structure of Herodotus' narrative. This collection of twelve essays by internationally renowned scholars represents an important contribution to scholarship on Herodotus and will serve as an essential research tool for all those interested in Book 5 of the Histories, the interpretation of Herodotean narrative, and the historiography of the Ionian Revolt.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction Elizabeth Irwin and Emily Greenwood
  • 1. 'What's in a name?' and exploring the comparable: onomastics, ethnography and kratos in Thrace (5.1-2 and 3-10) Elizabeth Irwin
  • 2. The Paeonians: 5.11-17 Robin Osborne
  • 3. Narrating ambiguity: murder and Macedonian alliances: 5.17-22 David Fearn
  • 4. Bridging the narrative: 5.23-7 Emily Greenwood
  • 5. The trouble with the Ionians: Herodotus and the beginning of the Ionian Revolt (5.28-38.1) Rosaria Munson
  • 6. The Dorieus episode and the Ionian Revolt: 5.42-8 Simon Hornblower
  • 7. Aristagoras: 5.49-55.97 Christopher Pelling
  • 8. Structure and significance: 5.55-69 Vivienne Gray
  • 9. Athens and Aegina: 5.82-9 Johannes Haubold
  • 10. 'Saving' Greece from the 'ignominy' of tyranny? The 'famous' and 'wonderful' speech of Socles John Moles
  • 11. Cyprus and Onesilus: an interlude of freedom (5.104, 108-16) Anastasia Serghidou
  • 12. The Fourth Dorian Invasion and the Ionian Revolt (5.76-126) John Henderson.

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  • NCID
    BA83309600
  • ISBN
    • 9780521876308
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge
  • Pages/Volumes
    xv, 343 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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