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Modern scholarship judges Herodotus to be a more complex writer than his past readers supposed. His Histories is now being read in ways that are seemingly incompatible if not contradictory. This volume interrogates the various ways the text of the Histories has been and can be read by scholars: as the seminal text of our Ur-historian, as ethnology, literary art and fable. Our readings can bring out various guises of Herodotus himself: an author with the eye of a travel writer and the mind of an investigative journalist; a globalist, enlightened but superstitious; a rambling storyteller but a prose stylist; the so-called 'father of history' but in antiquity also labelled the 'father of lies'; both geographer and gossipmonger; both entertainer and an author whom foreign correspondents as well as social and cultural historians read and admire. Guiding students chapter-by-chapter through approaches as fascinating and often surprising as the original itself, Sean Sheehan goes beyond conventional Herodotus introductions, which often focus on explaining the historical and geographical context and references, and instead looks at the various interpretations of the work, which themselves shed light on the original. With text boxes providing summaries and highlighting key topics, and indices of passages, this volume is an essential guide for students whether reading Herodotus for the first time, or returning to revisit this crucial text for later research. Review This book is a clear and well written conspectus of Herodotean studies. Student and scholar alike will find it an invaluable vade mecum to a highly complex and multi-layered work. Alan B Lloyd, Professor Emeritus, Department of Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology, Swansea University, UK About the Author Sean Sheehan is an independent scholar, having previously taught in the UK and abroad. His publications include The British Museum Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ancient Greece (2002), Socrates: Life and Times (2007), Zizek: A Guide for the Perplexed (Bloomsbury, 2012) and Sophocles Oedipus the King: A Readers Guide (Bloomsbury, 2012).

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Brand: Bloomsbury
Format: Hardcover
ASIN: 1474292674
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Ancient History & Civilisation > Greece
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Release Date: 05 April 2018
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