The Audiences of Herodotus: Oral Performance and the Major Battle Narratives - Ian Oliver - Books - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - 9781666936209 - January 29, 2025
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Ian Oliver
The Audiences of Herodotus: Oral Performance and the Major Battle Narratives

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This book resituates the Histories’ battle narratives within the context of Herodotus’s participation in the mid-fifth-century culture of wisdom performance, arguing that the Salamis and Plataea narratives reflect the biases and ideologies of an Athenian audience, while Thermopylae reflects an audience gathered at the Pythian Festival.

204 pages

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Released January 29, 2025
ISBN13 9781666936209
Publishers Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Pages 204
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 20 mm   ·   439 g
Language English  

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