Herodotus in Context: Ethnography, Science and the Art of Persuasion

by Rosalind Thomas

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Herodotus called his work an enquiry and wrote before 'history' was a separate discipline. Coming from Halicarnassus, at the crossroads between the Persian and Athenian spheres of influence, he combined the culture of Athens with that of the more pluralistic and less ethnocentric cities of east Greece. Alive to the implications of this cultural background for Herodotus' thought, this study explores the much neglected contemporary connotations and...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521012414

ISBN13:9780521012416

Release Date:August 2002

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:332 Pages

Weight:1.17 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.0"

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Ancient Europe Greece Historical Study & Educational Resources Historiography History Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology World

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