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

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

"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thomas, Rosalind, 1959-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Subjects:
Herodotus. > History.
Hérodote, > (0484?-0420? av. J.-C.) > Critique et interprétation.
Herodotus. > Historiae.
History (Herodotus)
History, Ancient > Historiography.
History, Ancient > Historiography
Volkskunde
Naturphilosophie
Argumentation
Geografie
Historiae (Herodotus)
Etnografie.
Natuurwetenschappen.
Retorica.
Histoire ancienne > Historiographie.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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