Paging the oracle: interpretation, identity and performance in Herodotus' History

Herodotus begins his enquiry (‘historia’) into why Greeks and Persians came into conflict with the figure of Croesus, ‘the first man whom we know enslaved Greeks’ – the archetypal eastern despot. In the subsequent narrative of his reign, Herodotus explores the reasons behind Croesus’s actions, and t...

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Tác giả chính: Barker, E
Tác giả khác: The Classical Association
Định dạng: Journal article
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: Cambridge University Press 2006
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