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Herodotus (ca 484 BCE – ca 425 BCE)

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Criticism about Herodotus

East Is East And West Is West – Or Are They? National Stereotypes In Herodotus

http://www.dur.ac.uk/Classics/histos/1997/pelling.html

“Herodotus’ framework is that of Greekconceptualisation, and provides a series of assumptions of Greek practice which can becontrasted with the barbarian modes of behaviour he describes, a series of Greek-basedquestions to put to the material.”

Contains: Criticism

Author: Christopher Pelling

From: HISTOS Vol. 1 1997

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Herodotus and the North Carolina Oral Narrative Tradition

http://www.dur.ac.uk/Classics/histos/1997/stadter.html

“Recent work on early Greek oral tradition has been especially influenced by the work ofVansina and Finnegan on African oral traditions.”

Contains: Criticism

Author: Philip Stadter

From: HISTOS Vol. 1 1997

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Herodotus’ Conception of Foreign Languages

http://www.dur.ac.uk/Classics/histos/1998/harrison.html

“Language is – with religious customs, dress, hairstyles, sexual habits – one of the keyitems on Herodotus’ checklist of similarities and differences with foreign peoples.”

Contains: Criticism

Author: Thomas Harrison

From: HISTOS Vol. 2 1998

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Reading the Rise of Pisistratus: Herodotus 1.56-68

http://www.dur.ac.uk/Classics/histos/1997/gray.html

“This paper analyzes Herodotus’ story of Pisistratus’ rise to tyranny over the Athenians in these terms: The story is mythic history in the sense that it is largely made up of conventional narrative episodes, sometimes with supernatural elements. Yet the contexts of power in which Herodotus sets it determine its shape, and the contextual reading of the story reveals allusions to contemporary debates and realities. This contextual analysis seems more productive than attempts to explain the story in isolation as the product of Athenian propaganda in a narrow sense.”

Contains: Criticism

Author: Vivienne Gray

From: HISTOS Vol. 1 1997

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Biographical sites about Herodotus

Perseus Encyclopedia: Herodotus

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0004:id%3Dherodotus-3

Biorgaphical information on Herodotus.

Contains: Bibliography, Extensive Bio

Author: The Perseus Project

From: Perseus Encyclopedia

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Last Updated Apr 29, 2013