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964419
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b718789
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| Main Entry
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Baragwanath, Emily,1977-
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| Title & Author
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Motivation and narrative in Herodotus /\ Emily Baragwanath.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2008.
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| Series Statement
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Oxford classical monographs
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xi, 374 pages ;; 23 cm.
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019923129X
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: 0199645507
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: 9780199231294
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: 9780199645503
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-341) and indexes.
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| Contents
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The Histories, Plutarch, and reader response -- The Homeric background -- Constructions of motives and the historian's persona -- Problematized motivation in the Samian and Persian logoi (Book III) -- For better, for worse : motivation in the Athenian logoi (Books I, V, and VI) -- For freedom's sake : motivation in the Ionian revolt (Books V-VI) -- To medize or not to medize : compulsion and negative motives (Books VII-IX) -- Xerxes : motivation and explanation (Books VII-IX) -- Themistocles : constructions of motivation (Books VII-IX).
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"Emily Baragwanath's study of the representation of human motivation in Herodotus' Histories works from the theoretical basis of reader response criticism in plotting Herodotus' narrative strategies for guiding his readers' response. Taking Plutarch's insights as her starting point, she focuses upon the sophisticated narrative techniques - inspired by Homer but thoroughly developed by Herodotus - with which Herodotus represents this elusive variety of historical knowledge; but her illustration and analysis of a range of such techniques over the course of a wide selection of Herodotus' narratives also supplies a method for reading the Histories more generally."--Jacket.
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Herodotus-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Herodotus-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Herodotus, v485-v425, Historiae
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Herodotus-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Herodotus,ca. 480-425 v. Chr.
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Herodotus.
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Herodotus.
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18.43 ancient Greek literature.
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Erzähltechnik
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Motivation
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Historiae (Herodotus)
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Motivation.
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Narrative art.
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Historiae.
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| Dewey Classification
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938.007202
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| LC Classification
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PA4004.B37 2008
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18.43bcl
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6,12ssgn
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FH 23720rvk
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NH 2303rvk
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