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Herodotus and the question why
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- Creator
- Christopher Pelling
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2019
- ©2019
- Physical Details
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- xv, 360 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 1477318321, 9781477318324, 9781477318331, 9781477318348
- OCLC
- on1053864205
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-327) and indexes.
- Why did it all happen? -- To blame and to explain: narrative complications -- How can you possibly know? -- Adventures in prose -- Hippocratic affinities -- Explanations in combination -- Early moves -- Empire -- Herodotus' Persian stories -- The human and the divine -- Explaining victory -- Freedom -- Democracy -- Individuals and collectives -- Then and now : Herodotus' own day -- Why indeed?