2006
Carolyn J. Dewald
- Professor
- Bard College
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Abstract
This project contributes to an edition of Book I of Herodotus' Histories, co-authored with Rosaria Munson, with critical apparatus, introduction, and commentary. Herodotus' habits of speech and thought form a basis for understanding what he meant by 'historie'—and thus the extent to which his procedures may properly be considered 'historical' today. How much information does he convey about the sixth- and fifth-century east Aegean world? To what extent is he rather a narrator making artistic use of traditional folk materials? An edition of Book I exploring such issues is needed to help understand one of the foundational texts of early Greek literature and history.