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Oxford University Press, 2008. Hardcover. New/New. New hardcover with black cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spine in a new dust jacket. 8vo. (8.6 x 1.2 x 5.5 inches) Clean text free of marks or underlining. Includes list of abbreviations, references, general index, and an index of passages cited. 400 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. In his extraordinary story of the defence of Greece against the Persian invasions of 490-480 BC Herodotus sought to communicate not only what happened, but also the background of thoughts and perceptions that shaped those events and became critical to their interpretation afterwards. Much as the contemporary sophists strove to discover truth about the invisible, Herodotus was acutely concerned to uncover hidden human motivations, whose depiction was vital to his project of recounting and explaining the past. Emily Baragwanath explores the sophisticated narrative techniques with which Herodotus represented this most elusive…
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Motivation and Narrative in Herodotus Hardcover - 2008
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- Title Motivation and Narrative in Herodotus
- Author Emily Baragwanath
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 400
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, 2008. 400p. Hardback. Series: Oxford Classical Monographs. A well-crafted and in depth analysis of motivation and narrative in H
- Date 2008-07-15
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780199231294 / 019923129X
- Weight 1.31 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 8.57 x 5.74 x 1.08 in (21.77 x 14.58 x 2.74 cm)
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- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Greece
- Library of Congress subjects Herodotus - Criticism and interpretation
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007044518
- Dewey Decimal Code 938.007
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