Herodotus in context : ethnography, science, and the art of persuasion /

"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 cit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thomas, Rosalind, 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Temas:
Herodotus. > History.
Hérodote, > approximately 484-approximately 420 av. J.-C. > Histoires.
Hérodote, > (0484?-0420? av. J.-C.) > Critique et interprétation.
Herodotus. > Historiae.
History (Herodotus)
History, Ancient > Historiography.
Histoire ancienne > Historiographie.
History, Ancient > Historiography
Volkskunde
Naturphilosophie
Argumentation
Geografie
Historiae (Herodotus)
Etnografie.
Natuurwetenschappen.
Retorica.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Medicine and the ethnography of health
  • Dividing the world: Europe, Asia, Greeks and barbarians
  • Nomos is king: nomos, environment and ethnic character in Herodotus
  • 'Wonders' and the natural world: natural philosophy and historie
  • Argument and the language of proof
  • Persuasion and polemic
  • Performance, competitive display and apodeixis
  • Beavers and female ailments.

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