{"product_id":"brills-companion-to-herodotus-paperback-2","title":"Brill's Companion to Herodotus - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEgbert J. Bakker\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eHans Van Wees\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eIrene de Jong\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHerodotus' \u003ci\u003eHistories\u003c\/i\u003e can be read in many ways. Their literary qualities, never in dispute, can be more fully appreciated in the light of recent developments in the study of pragmatics, narratology, and orality. Their intellectual status has been radically reassessed: no longer regarded as naïve and 'archaic', the \u003ci\u003eHistories\u003c\/i\u003e are now seen as very much a product of the intellectual climate of their own day - not only subject to contemporary literary, religious, moral and social influences, but actively contributing to the great debates of their time. Their reliability as historical and ethnographic accounts, a matter of controversy even in antiquity, is being debated with renewed vigour and increasing sophistication. This \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e offers an up-to-date and in-depth overview of all these current approaches to Herodotus' remarkable work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHerodotus \"Histories\" can be read in many ways. Their literary qualities, never in dispute, can be more fully appreciated in the light of recent developments in the study of pragmatics, narratology, and orality. Their intellectual status has been radically reassessed: no longer regarded as na ve and archaic, the \"Histories\" are now seen as very much a product of the intellectual climate of their own day - not only subject to contemporary literary, religious, moral and social influences, but actively contributing to the great debates of their time. Their reliability as historical and ethnographic accounts, a matter of controversy even in antiquity, is being debated with renewed vigour and increasing sophistication. This \"Companion\" offers an up-to-date and in-depth overview of all these current approaches to Herodotus remarkable work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEgbert J. Bakker\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin. He has published \u003ci\u003ePoetry in Speech: Orality and Homeric Discourse\u003c\/i\u003e (Cornell 1997) and is currently preparing a book on problems of time from Homer to Herodotus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIrene J.F. de Jong\u003c\/b\u003e is Academy Professor of Classical Greek Literature at the University of Amsterdam. She has published on drama and Homer, most recently \u003ci\u003eA Narratological Commentary on the\u003c\/i\u003e Odyssey (Cambridge 2001). She is currently editing a History of Ancient Greek Narrative.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHans van Wees\u003c\/b\u003e is Reader in Ancient Greek History at University College London. He is the author of a book on Homeric society and editor of \u003ci\u003eArchaic Greece: New Approaches and New Evidence\u003c\/i\u003e (1998) and \u003ci\u003eWar and Violence in Ancient Greece\u003c\/i\u003e (2000).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 652\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.5 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47450500759801,"sku":"9789004169661","price":102.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/NJmJyhDMbJ9789004169661_8dd47610-68cf-478f-80f3-957ea6357136.webp?v=1772050023","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/brills-companion-to-herodotus-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}