Myth, truth, and narrative in Herodotus /
Herodotus, the 'Father of History', is infamously known for having employed elements more akin to mythological tales than to unvarnished 'truth' in translating his historical research into narrative form. While these narratives provide valuable source material, he could not have...
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Myth, truth, and narrative in Herodotus' Histories / Emily Baragwanath, Mathieu de Bakker
- Myth and legend in Herodotus' first book / Carolyn Dewald
- Herodotus and the 'myth' of the Trojan War / Suzanne Said
- Herodotus' Proteus : myth, history, enquiry and storytelling / Mathieu de Bakker
- The Helen logos and Herodotus' fingerprint / Irene de Jong
- Strangers are from Zeus : Homeric xenia at the courts of Proteus and Croesus / Elizabeth Vandiver
- Herodotus on Melampus / Vivienne J. Gray
- Herodotus and the Heroic Age : the case of Minos / Rosaria Vignolo Munson
- Myth and truth in Herodotus' Cyrus logos / Charles C. Chiasson
- Herodotus and eastern myths and logoi : Deioces the Mede and Pythius the Lydian / Rosalind Thomas
- The mythical origins of the Medes and the Persians / Pietro Vannicelli
- Mythology and the expedition of Xerxes / Angus M. Bowie
- Returning to Troy : Herodotus and the mythic discourse of his own time / Emily Baragwanath.