{"product_id":"the-audiences-of-herodotus-ian-oliver-9781666936223","title":"The Audiences of Herodotus: Oral Performance and the Major Battle Narratives","description":"By recognizing the pervasive influence that Herodotus's career as an oral performer had on his composition of the \u003ci\u003eHistories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Audiences of Herodotus: Oral Performance and the Battle Narratives\u003c\/i\u003e argues that the \u003ci\u003eHistories'\u003c\/i\u003e versions of the three most important battles in the Persian Wars--the battles of Thermopylae, Salamis, and Plataea--persistently and disproportionately advance the interests, biases, and political agendas of distinct audiences in the mid-fifth century, well before Herodotus assembled his famous work of history as it survives to us. The Salamis and Plataea narratives reflect a mid-century audience of Athenians and their allies; the Thermopylae narrative reflects an Amphictyonic audience gathered at the Pythian Festival. Ian Oliver concludes that, as a participant in a culture of wisdom performance (\u003ci\u003eepideixis\u003c\/i\u003e), Herodotus originally composed short, ideologically motivated performance pieces that he intended to promote tendentious reinterpretations of these momentous events, then relied on these narratives when he composed his final text: the unitary \u003ci\u003eHistories\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ian Oliver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1666936227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781666936223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lexington Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Ian Oliver","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437635743999,"sku":"9781666936223","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_70c7f9d5-e3df-4e25-a8bd-5ebc17592fac.jpg?v=1777163059","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-audiences-of-herodotus-ian-oliver-9781666936223","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}