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Herodotus in Context : Ethnography, Science and the Art of Persuasion by Rosalind Thomas (2002, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521012414

ISBN-139780521012416

eBay Product ID (ePID)2224709

Product Key Features

Number of Pages332 Pages

Publication NameHerodotus in Context : Ethnography, Science and the Art of Persuasion

LanguageEnglish

SubjectAncient / General, Ancient / Greece, General

Publication Year2002

TypeTextbook

AuthorRosalind Thomas

Subject AreaHistory

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight17.8 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width5.9 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Reviews"The "Father of History," Herodotus, has developed into a particularly active field of research in the past 25 years and hardly goes by without an important new study. This book by Thomas is one of the best." Choice, "The "Father of History," Herodotus, has developed into a particularly active field of research in the past 25 years and hardly goes by without an important new study. This book by Thomas is one of the best."Choice, "...this leads to a provacative, yet highly compelling, new perspective on the intellectual and cultural dynamics of this seminal era... Thomas has made a valuable contribution to our appreciation of Herodotus and his work, and to our understanding of the fertile, fluid, and contentious intellectual atmosphere in which he lived and to which he contributed." New England Classical Journal, "The 'Father of History,' Herodotus, has developed into a particularly active field of research in the past 25 years and hardly a year goes by without an important new study. This book by Thomas is one of the best." --Choice

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal938.007202

Table Of ContentAcknowledgements; References and texts; 1. Introduction; 2. Medicine and the ethnography of health; 3. Dividing the world: Europe, Asia, Greeks and barbarians; 4. Nomos is king: nomos, environment and ethnic character in Herodotus; 5. 'Wonders' and the natural world: natural philosophy and historie; 6. Argument and the language of proof; 7. Polemic and persuasion; 8. Performance, competitive display and apodeixis; 9. Epilogue; Appendix. beavers and female ailments; Bibliography; Indexes.

SynopsisThis book examines the Histories of Herodotus within the context of the intellectual climate of the mid- to late fifth century BC. It sees Herodotus' writings as part of the world of scientific enquiry more familiar from the natural philosophers and medical works of the time., 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 cities of east Greece. Alive to the implications of this cultural background for Herodotus' thought, this study explores the much neglected contemporary connotations and context of the Histories, looking at them as part of the intellectual climate of his time. Concentrating on Herodotus' ethnography, geography and accounts of natural wonders, and examining his methods of argument and persuasion, it sees the Histories, which appear virtually without antecedents, as a product of the late fifth-century world of the natural scientists, medical writers and sophists - a world of controversy and debate., This book examines the Histories of Herodotus within the context of the intellectual climate of the mid to late fifth century BC. Herodotus is read widely for his accounts of archaic Greek history but his descriptions of Egypt, Scythia and Libya are equally fascinating. Rosalind Thomas concentrates on the latter, along with Herodotus' accounts of the wonders of nature and his methods of convincing his audiences, seeing these as part of the world of scientific inquiry and controversy more familiar from the natural philosophers and medical works of the time.

LC Classification NumberD58 .T46 2000