Linguistics into interpretation : speeches of war in Herodotus VII 5 and 8-18 /

Linguistics into interpretation : speeches of war in Herodotus VII 5 and 8-18 /

This volume is a sustained exercise in the genre of secondary literature which aims at explaining a literary work as much as possible in and through the author's own words. A crucial passage in direct speech by different speakers from the History of Herodotus, the earliest long Greek prose text...

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Main Author: Ophuijsen, J. M. van, 1953-

Other Authors: Stork, Peter., Herodotus.

Format: eBook

Language: English
Ancient Greek

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1999.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 195.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 1-203, ISBN: 9789004381049.

Subjects:

Herodotus > Literary style.
Herodotus. > History. > Book 7.
Herodotus.
Persian Wars (Greece : 500-449 B.C.)
History (Herodotus)
500-449 B.C.
Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek > History and criticism.
Speech in literature.
War in literature.
Literary style.
Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek.
Greece > History > Literature and the wars. > Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C.
Greece.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

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Call Number: PA4007 .O66 1999

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Leading up to the first speech (1-5.1)
  • First speech of Mardonius (5.2-3)
  • Xerxes persuaded (6-8.1)
  • First speech of Xerxes (8 α-δ)
  • Second speech of Mardonius (9)
  • First speech of Artabanus (10)
  • Second speech of Xerxes (11)
  • First speech of the Dream (12)
  • Third speech of Xerxes (13)
  • Second speech of the Dream (14)
  • Fourth speech of Xerxes (15)
  • Second speech of Artabanus (16)
  • Third speech of the Dream (17)
  • Fifth speech of Xerxes (18)
  • Appendix
  • Index of Passages Cited
  • Index of Greek Words
  • Analytical Index
  • Supplements to Mnemosyne.