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" Herodotus and the question why / "
Christopher Pelling.
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BL
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850767
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Pelling, C. B. R.
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Herodotus and the question why /\ Christopher Pelling.
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| Edition Statement
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First edition.
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Austin, TX :: University of Texas Press,, 2019.
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, ©2019
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The Fordyce W. Mitchel memorial lecture series
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xv, 360 pages ;; 24 cm.
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1477318321
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: 9781477318324
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9781477318331
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9781477318348
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-327) and indexes.
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| Contents
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Why did it all happen? -- To blame and to explain: narrative complications -- How can you possibly know? -- Adventures in prose -- Hippocratic affinities -- Explanations in combination -- Early moves -- Empire -- Herodotus' Persian stories -- The human and the divine -- Explaining victory -- Freedom -- Democracy -- Individuals and collectives -- Then and now : Herodotus' own day -- Why indeed?
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Herodotus-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Herodotus, ca. 485 v. Chr.-424 v. Chr.
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Herodotus, v485-v425, Historiae
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Herodotus.
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History, Ancient-- Historiography.
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Geschichtsschreibung
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Historiography.
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Historisches Ereignis
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History, Ancient-- Historiography.
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Literarizität
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Literaturkritik
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Greece, Historiography.
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Greece.
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938.0072/02
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PA4004.P35 2019
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