Herodotus and Imperial Greek Literature - Criticism, Imitation, Reception

This book traces the intellectual influence of Herodotus among ancient Greek writers living under the Roman Empire.

List of contents

• Preface and Acknowledgements




• Introduction: After Herodotus


• Chapter 1. The Ethics of Authorship: Herodotus in the Rhetorical Works of Dionysius of Halicarnassus


• Chapter 2. Dionysius's Global Herodotus


• Chapter 3. Parallel Authors: Plutarch's "Life" of Herodotus


• Chapter 4. Hellenism in the Distance: Herodotean Fringes in Dio's Borystheniticus


• Chapter 5. Removable Eyes: Lucian and the Truths of Herodotus


• Chapter 6. Anacharsis at Border Control


• Chapter 7. Acts of God: Pausanias Divines Herodotus


• Chapter 8. Pausanias in Wonderland


• Epilogue: Herodotus without End

About the author

N. Bryant Kirkland is Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Summary

This book traces the intellectual influence of Herodotus among ancient Greek writers living under the Roman Empire.

Additional text

[Kirkland's] excellent study is a welcome addition to the scholarly discussion. Rather than chronicle moments of allusion or quotation, it instead wrestles with the complicated question of the historian's reputation and in the process offers a sophisticated methodology that readers will likely find of use well beyond the specific example of Herodotus' afterlife... As a well-edited and beautifully produced book, it is recommended reading for anyone interested in imperial Greek literature, Herodotus or reception studies.

Product details

• Authors: N. Bryant Kirkland, N. Bryant (Assistant Professor of Classi Kirkland, N. Bryant (Assistant Professor of Classics Kirkland
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9780197583517
• ISBN: 978-0-19-758351-7
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, HISTORY / Historiography, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical, Classical texts, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Ancient, classical and medieval texts