Herodotus and the question why
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Herodotus and the question why
(The Fordyce W. Mitchel Memorial Lecture series)
University of Texas Press, 2021
- : pbk
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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?