Herodotus and the question why

Author(s)

• Pelling, C. B. R.

Bibliographic Information

Herodotus and the question why

Christopher Pelling

（The Fordyce W. Mitchel Memorial Lecture series）

University of Texas Press, 2021

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-327) and indexes

Contents of Works

• 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?

• NCID: BC1202198X
• ISBN:
  • 9781477324257
• LCCN: 2018044471
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Austin
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 360 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PA4004
  • DC23 : 938.0072/02
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Herodotus -- Criticism and interpretation
  • LCSH : History, Ancient -- Historiography
  • LCSH : Greece -- Historiography
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA79696616