Herodotus in Nubia /
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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ;
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Call Number: DT159.6 .N83 T57 2014
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| 100 | 1 | |a Török, László, |d 1941- |e author | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Herodotus in Nubia / |c by László Török. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Leiden ; |a Boston : |b Brill, |c [2014]. | |
| 300 | |a xiv, 163 pages : |b map ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 490 | 1 | |a Mnemosyne. Supplements, History and archaeology of classical Antiquity ; |v 368. | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and indexes. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Herodotus' Nubia in modern scholarship -- Images of Nubia in Herodotean scholarship -- Herodotus halfway between Egyptology and Nubian studies -- Excursus 1: the kingdom of Kush from the eighth to the fifth century BC: a brief overview -- The Aithiopian passages in English translation -- The problem of the "Aithiopian logos" -- The context of the Aithiopian passages: introductory remarks -- Was there an unfinished Aithiopian logos? -- "Fiction" and "reality" -- On sources -- Excursus 2: Herodotus' priestly informants and the explanation of the Nile flood -- Sesostris in Nubia -- Excursus 3: a note on ancient Nubian archives -- Sabacos in Egypt -- Psamtek II in Nubia -- Aithiopians in the Siwa Oasis -- Herodotus' two Aithiopias 1: Aithiopia south of Egypt, with notes on oracles -- Herodotus' two Aithiopias 2: the land of the long-lived Aithiopians on the fringes of the inhabited world -- Excursus 4: Herodotus and Agatharchides -- The land of the long-lived Aithiopians continued -- The gifts presented to the king of Persia by the Aithiopians living south of Egypt -- Aithiopian passages in the Libyan logos: the autochthonous origin of the Aithiopians, the Aithiopian troglodytes -- A meditation on the fringes -- Aithiopian "half-men" in the army of Xerxes I -- Herodotus in Nubia -- Herodotus' sources on Kushite kingship -- "Reflections in a distant mirror". | |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Herodotus |x Knowledge |z Nubia. |9 31965 |
| 651 | 0 | |a Nubia |x History |v Sources. | |
| 830 | 0 | |a Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. |p Supplementum ; |v 368. | |
| 901 | |a reviewed | ||
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