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Herodotus and the Greek Poetic Tradition

By Chiasson, Charles C.

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This is the first comprehensive analysis in any language of Herodotus' interaction with the Greek poetic tradition, including epic, lyric, and tragic poetry. It is essential reading for scholars of ancient Greek storytelling (including myth) and those interested in the hybrid nature of narrative history, as both a true or truth-based account of past events and a necessarily creative account, which requires the author to present data in a meaningful and engrossing literary form. Close readings of specific passages demonstrate how Herodotus uses the linguistic, thematic, and narrative resources of the poets to channel and challenge their social authority, and to engage the emotions and intellect of a broad Hellenic audience steeped in the traditions of poetic performance. Herodotus adopts or adapts some poetic features while rejecting others (explicitly or implicitly) as a means of defining the nature of his own research and narrative.
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Number of Pages:
760
Release Date:
2025-11-30
Publication Date:
2025-09-29
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1009503693
ISBN13:
9781009503693
Weight:
1232 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
45 cm
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