Das vielschichtige Verhältnis Herodots zur Welt des persischen Alten Orients bildet die thematische Leitlinie dieses Bandes: Er versteht sich als eine "interdisziplinäre Stellenkommentierung" und zielt darauf ab, zu neuen Blickwinkeln und Deutungen anzuregen. Altorientalische El…
"Das vielschichtige Verhältnis Herodots zur Welt des persischen Alten Orients bildet die thematische Leitlinie dieses Bandes: Er versteht sich als eine "interdisziplinäre Stellenkommentierung" und zielt darauf ab, zu neuen Blickwinkeln und Deutungen anzuregen. Altorientalische E…
Critics of Herodotus have generally shown an unease in the face of the religious passages of the Histories, a sense that he 'lets himself down' by delving into matters irrelevant to the proper purpose of history. They have tended consequently to latch on to isolated instances of…
Critics of Herodotus have generally shown an unease in the face of the religious passages of the Histories, a sense that he 'lets himself down' by delving into matters irrelevant to the proper purpose of history. They have tended consequently to latch on to isolated instances of…
This work places Herodotus' religious beliefs at the centre of his conception of history, but by seeing instances of scepticism and of belief in relation to one another redresses the recent emphasis on the centrality of ritual.
Critics of Herodotus have generally shown an unease in the face of the religious passages of the Histories, a sense that he 'lets himself down' by delving into matters irrelevant to the proper purpose of history. They have tended consequently to latch on to isolated instances of…
