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Author:   Rosaria Vignolo Munson (Professor of Classics, Swarthmore College)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.70cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9780199587599

ISBN 10:   0199587590
Pages:   496
Publication Date:   29 August 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Rosaria V. Munson Physis and Historiê 1: James S. Romm: The Boundaries of Earth 2: Aldo Corcella: Herodotus and Analogy 3: Catherine Darbo-Peschanski: Herodotus and Historia The Homeric wanderer 4: John Marincola: Odysseus and the Historians Women in Herodotus 5: Heleen Sancisi-Weerdenburg and Addendun by Amélie Kuhrt: Exit Atossa: Images of Women in Greek Historiography about Persia 6: Carolyn Dewald: Women and Culture in Herodotus Histories World religions and the divine 7: John Gould: Herodotus and Religion 8: Walter Burkert: Herodotus on the Names of Gods: Polytheism as a Historical Problem Herodotus barbaroi 9: Michèle Rosellini and Suzanne Saïd: Women's Customs among the Savages in Herodotus 10: Françcois Hartog: Imaginary Scythians: Space and Nomadism 11: James Redfield: Herodotus the Tourist 12: Ian S. Moyer: Herodotus and an Egyptian Mirage 13: Rosaria V. Munson: Who Are Herodotus' Persians? Us and them 14: Rosalind Thomas: Ethnicity, Genealogy, and Hellenism in Herodotus 15: Christopher Pelling: East is East and West is West - Or Are They? National Stereotypes in Herodotus Bibliography of Works Cited Acknowledgements Index

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These contributions, well selected and well introduced by the editor, represent a good guide to the complex universe of Herodotus. Giovanni Ingarao, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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Rosaria Munson is Professor of Classics at Swarthmore College where she has been teaching since 1990.

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