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Zusatztext a subtle, meticulous, and very original study. Informationen zum Autor Emily Baragwanath is Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Klappentext 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. 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: The Histories, Plutarch, and reader response 2: The Homeric background 3: Constructions of motives and the historian's persona 4: Problematized motivation in the Samian and Persian logoi (Book III) 5: For better, for worse . . .: motivation in the Athenian logoi (Books I and VI) 6: `For freedom's sake . . .': motivation in the Ionian Revolt (Books V-VI) 7: To medize or not to medize . . .: compulsion and negative motives (Books VII-IX) 8: Xerxes: motivation and explanation (Books VII-IX) 9: Themistocles: constructions of motivation (Books VII-IX) Epilogue
