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Herodotus in Context: Ethnography, Science and the Art of Persuasion
Herodotus in Context Ethnography Science and the Art of Persuasion
Author: Rosalind Thomas
This book examines the Histories of Herodotus within the context of the intellectual climate of the mid to late fifth century BC. Herodotus is read widely for his accounts of archaic Greek history but his descriptions of Egypt, Scythia and Libya are equally fascinating. Rosalind Thomas concentrates on the latter, along with Herodotus' accounts o...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521012416
ISBN-10: 0521012414
Publication Date: 8/12/2002
Pages: 330
Edition: New Ed
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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