Herodotus in Context: Ethnography, Science and the Art of Persuasion (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521662598)

This book examines the Histories of Herodotus within the context of the intellectual climate of the mid to late fifth century BC. Herodotus is read widely for his accounts of archaic Greek history but his descriptions of Egypt, Scythia and Libya are equally fascinating. Rosalind Thomas concentrates on the latter, along with Herodotus' accounts of the wonders of nature and his methods of convincing his audiences, seeing these as part of the world of scientific inquiry and controversy more familiar from the natural philosophers and medical works of the time.

Author: Rosalind Thomas
ISBN-10: 0521662591
ISBN-13: 9780521662598
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/17/2000
Pages: 332
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2001 pg. 1324