Rosalind Thomas, Thomas Rosalind

Herodotus in Context

Ethnography, Science and the Art of Persuasion

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An examination of Herodotus' Histories in the context of the intellectual developments of his time.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9780521012416
• ISBN-10: 0521012414
• Artikelnr.: 22224869

Autorenporträt

Rosalind Thomas is Reader in Ancient History at Royal Holloway, University of London. She is the author of Oral Tradition and Written Record in Classical Athens (1989 HB 0521350255; 1991 PB 0521425182) and Literacy and Orality in Ancient Greece (1992/HB 0521373468; PB 0521377420).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
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.