Motivation and Narrative in Herodotus

A study of the representation of human motivation in Herodotus' Histories. Emily Baragwanath's focus is upon the sophisticated narrative techniques with which Herodotus represents this elusive kind of historical knowledge.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Emily Baragwanath is Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Zusammenfassung

A study of the representation of human motivation in Herodotus' Histories. Emily Baragwanath's focus is upon the sophisticated narrative techniques with which Herodotus represents this elusive kind of historical knowledge.

Zusatztext

a subtle, meticulous, and very original study.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Emily Baragwanath
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.01.2012
• EAN: 9780199645503
• ISBN: 978-0-19-964550-3
• Seiten: 400
• Serien: Oxford Classical Monographs; Oxford Classical Monographs (P; Oxford Classical Monographs; Oxford Classical Monographs (P
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Altertum; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory