Herodotus in Nubia

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In Herodotus in Nubia László Török offers a revision of the current Egyptological and source critical assessment of Herodotus' passages on Nubia, i.e. the Aithiopia of Greek tradition, and discusses their function in the actual narrative contexts into which they are inserted.

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Full title :Herodotus in Nubia.

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In Herodotus in Nubia László Török offers a revision of the current Egyptological and source critical assessment of Herodotus' passages on Nubia, i.e. the Aithiopia of Greek tradition, and discusses their function in the actual narrative contexts into which they are inserted.

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Publication Date:2014.

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Publisher(s):Brill
Place of Publication:Leiden
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

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Description:1 online resource (177 pages)

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ISBN:9789004273887, 9004273883, 9789004269132, 9004269134
DOI:10.1163/9789004273887.
oclc:ocn880531380
LC Classification:DT159.6 .N83 T57 2014
Dewey Decimal:939/.78

Political and Geographical Terms; Abbreviations; Periodicals, Series and Abbreviations Used in the Text and the Footnotes; Chapter 1. Herodotus' Nubia in Modern Scholarship; 1. Images of Nubia in Herodotean Scholarship; 2. Herodotus Halfway between Egyptology and Nubian Studies; 3. Excursus 1: The Kingdom of Kush from the Eighth to the Fifth Century bc. A Brief Overview; Chapter 2. The Aithiopian Passages in English Translation; Chapter 3. The Problem of the "Aithiopian Logos"; 1. The Context of the Aithiopian Passages: Introductory Remarks.

2. Was There an Unfinished Aithiopian Logos?Chapter 4. "Fiction" and "Reality"; 1. On Sources; 1.1. Excursus 2: Herodotus' Priestly Informants and the Explanation of the Nile Flood; 2. Sesostris in Nubia; 3. Excursus 3: A Note on Ancient Nubian Archives; 4. Sabacos in Egypt; 5. Psamtek II in Nubia; 6. Aithiopians in the Siwa Oasis; 7. Herodotus' Two Aithiopias 1: Aithiopia South of Egypt. With Notes on Oracles; 8. Herodotus' Two Aithiopias 2: The Land of the Long-Lived Aithiopians on the Fringes of the Inhabited World; 8.1. Excursus 4: Herodotus and Agatharchides.

9. The Land of the Long-Lived Aithiopians Continued10. The Gifts Presented to …

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Africa -- Nubia Herodotus Herodotus -- Knowledge History HISTORY -- Ancient History & Archaeology Nubia -- Antiquities Nubia -- History Regions & Countries - Africa Sources