Herodotus and Imperial Greek literature: criticism, imitation, reception

This book traces the intellectual influence of Herodotus among ancient Greek writers living under the Roman Empire; it analyzes the entanglements of criticism and imitation in select works by Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Plutarch, Dio Chrysostom, Lucian, and Pausanias and offers a new angle on Herodo...

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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2022]
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Zusammenfassung:This book traces the intellectual influence of Herodotus among ancient Greek writers living under the Roman Empire; it analyzes the entanglements of criticism and imitation in select works by Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Plutarch, Dio Chrysostom, Lucian, and Pausanias and offers a new angle on Herodotus's intellectual afterlife, channeled through evocations both explicit and implicit in literary criticism, the moral essay, public oration, satire, and periegetic literature.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents: Acknowledgments - Introduction: After Herodotus - 1. The Ethics of Authorship: Herodotus in the Rhetorical Works of Dionysius of Halicarnassus - 2. Dionysius's Global Herodotus - 3. Parallel Authors: Plutarch's "Life" of Herodotus - 4. Hellenism in the Distance: Herodotean Fringes in Dio Chrysostom's Borystheniticus - 5. Removable Eyes: Lucian and the Truths of Herodotus - 6. Anacharsis at Border Control - 7. Acts of God: Pausanias Divines Herodotus - 8. Pausanias in Wonderland - Epilogue: Herodotus without End - Bibliography - Index of Passages - Subject Index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 377 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9780197583548
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DOI:10.1093/oso/9780197583517.001.0001

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