"Herodotus' Histories is the first major surviving prose work from antiquity. Its range of interests is immense, covering the whole of the known world and much beyond, and it culminates in a detailed account of the Persian Wars of the early fifth century BC. Moreover, research has shown that Herodotus is a sophisticated and at times even ironic narrator, and a pioneer and serious practitioner of historical research at a time when the Gre ..."
""The father of history," as Cicero called him, and a writer possessed of remarkable narrative gifts, enormous scope, and considerable charm, Herodotus has always been beloved by readers well-versed in the classics. Compelled by his desire to "prevent the traces of human events from being erased by time," Herotodus recounts the incidents preceding and following the Persian Wars. He gives us much more than military history, though, ..."
"Herodotus' Histories is the first major surviving prose work from antiquity. Its range of interests is immense, covering the whole of the known world and much beyond, and it culminates in a detailed account of the Persian Wars of the early fifth century BC. Moreover, research has shown that Herodotus is a sophisticated and at times even ironic narrator, and a pioneer and serious practitioner of historical research at a time when the Gre ..."
Herodotus (Cambridge Greek & Latin Classics) by CarolynDewald, Rosaria Munson Hardcover, Published 2008 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-87173-0, ISBN: 0-521-87173-5
"Herodotus is not only known as the `father of history', as Cicero called him, but also the father of ethnography; as well as charting the historical background to the Persian Wars, his curiosity also prompts frequent digression on the cultures of the peoples he introduces. While much of the information he gives has proved to be astonishingly accurate, he also entertains us with delightful tales of one-eyed men and gold-digging ants. Thi ..."
""The father of history," as Cicero called him, and a writer possessed of remarkable narrative gifts, enormous scope, and considerable charm, Herodotus has always been beloved by readers well-versed in the classics. Recently, the critical and popular acclaim for The English Patient, whose hero makes The Histories his constant companion, has attracted a new, and wider, audience. Compelled by his desire to "prevent the traces of huma ..."
Thucydides' War Narrative A Structural Study by Carolyn J. Dewald Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2006 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-24127-5, ISBN: 0-520-24127-4
"As a sustained analysis of the connections between narrative structure and meaning in the History of the Peloponnesian War, Carolyn Dewald's study revolves around a curious aspect of Thucydides' work: the first ten years of the war's history are formed on principles quite different from those shaping the years that follow. Although aspects of this change in style have been recognized in previous scholarship, Dewald has rigorously analyz ..."
"Herodotus' Histories is the first major surviving prose work from antiquity. Its range of interests is immense, covering the whole of the known world and much beyond, and it culminates in a detailed account of the Persian Wars of the early fifth century BC. Moreover, research has shown that Herodotus is a sophisticated and at times even ironic narrator, and a pioneer and serious practitioner of historical research at a time when the Gre ..."
"notes on contributors rachel friedman is an Assistant Professor of Classics at
Vassar College. She wrote her Ph.D. thesis, 'Home and Displacement in
Herodotus' Histories', ... His most recent book is Thucydides and Pindar:
Historical Narrative and the World of Epinikian Poetry (2004). rachel kitzinger is
the Matthew Vassar Professor of Greek and Latin Language and Literature at
Vassar College. Her work on Sophocles includes article ..."
"its first stage confirms the disastrous eaect of the Athenian decisions witnessed in
year eight, while its second stage begins a lull that will continue through the first
several pages of year ten, until the start of the final tight unit cluster leading to the
... Chapter 2 em- phasizes continuity: the strongly formular introductory sentences
of the units act as a device linking the units themselves together into a patterned
sequen ..."
"This collection of original essays examines innovations in both the theory and practice of classical philology. The chapters address interdisciplinary methods in a variety of ways. Some apply theoretical insights derived from other disciplines, such as folklore studies, performance theory, feminist criticism, and the like, to classical texts. Others examine the relationships between classics and cultural studies, popular literature, fil ..."
"This collection of original essays examines innovations in both the theory and practice of classical philology. The chapters address interdisciplinary methods in a variety of ways. Some apply theoretical insights derived from other disciplines, such as folklore studies, performance theory, feminist criticism, and the like, to classical texts. Others examine the relationships between classics and cultural studies, popular literature, fil ..."