Interpreting Herodotus / edited by Thomas Harrison and Elizabeth Irwin.

Developing the themes and ideas of Charles W. Fornara's seminal publication Herodotus: An Interpretative Essay (Oxford, 1971), this volume offers a new look at the Histories in light of the explosion of scholarship in the intervening years, focusing particularly on how we can interpret Herodotu...

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Other Authors: Harrison, Thomas, 1969- (Editor), Irwin, Elizabeth (Elizabeth K.) (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
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