The Significant and the Insignificant : Five Studies in Herodotus' View of History /
Although it is widely recognised that Solon's thoughts on human life (1.30-32) are important to a correct understanding of Herodotus' work, little attention has been given to their narratological meaning. On the basis of a careful interpretation of five episodes, this monograph argues that...
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Amsterdam Studies in Classical Philology ;
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Preliminary Material / |r J.E. VAN DER VEEN -- |t ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS / |r J.E. VAN DER VEEN -- |t INTRODUCTION / |r J.E. VAN DER VEEN -- |t THE LORD OF THE RING Herodotus on the fall of Polycrates / |r J.E. VAN DER VEEN -- |t THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE INSIGNIFICANT / |r J.E. VAN DER VEEN -- |t A MINUTE'S MIRTH... Give-and-take in Herodotus' story of Syloson / |r J.E. VAN DER VEEN -- |t SOCLES' SPEECH TO THE SPARTANS / |r J.E. VAN DER VEEN -- |t 'APXH KAKΩN: THE EFFECTS OF ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY IN HERODOTUS / |r J.E. VAN DER VEEN -- |t EPILOGUE: DARIUS, XERXES AND AMASIS / |r J.E. VAN DER VEEN -- |t BIBLIOGRAPHY / |r J.E. VAN DER VEEN -- |t SUMMARY / |r J.E. VAN DER VEEN -- |t SAMENVATTING / |r J.E. VAN DER VEEN -- |t INDEXES / |r J.E. VAN DER VEEN. |
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