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- Apollonius Rhodius, Herodotus and Historiography
- Apollonius Rhodius, Herodotus and Historiography
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Receiving Herodotus
- Chapter 2 Creating Authorities
- Chapter 3 Explaining the Past
- Chapter 4 Telling Stories
- Chapter 5 Greeks and Non-Greeks
- Chapter 6 Kings and Leaders
- Conclusions and Consequences
- Select Bibliography
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Passages
Chapter 1 - Receiving Herodotus
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 January 2020
- Apollonius Rhodius, Herodotus and Historiography
- Apollonius Rhodius, Herodotus and Historiography
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Receiving Herodotus
- Chapter 2 Creating Authorities
- Chapter 3 Explaining the Past
- Chapter 4 Telling Stories
- Chapter 5 Greeks and Non-Greeks
- Chapter 6 Kings and Leaders
- Conclusions and Consequences
- Select Bibliography
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Passages
Summary
What did Herodotus mean for Apollonius’ readers in the Hellenistic period? How did Herodotus affect the historiography written in this period, and what associations did Herodotus have for the audience of Apollonius’ epic? It is to these questions that we turn in this chapter, by examining the relationship of Herodotus to Hellenistic historiography and the wider intellectual culture of the period.
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- Apollonius Rhodius, Herodotus and Historiography , pp. 27 - 41Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020