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This is the first comprehensive analysis in any language of Herodotus' interaction with the Greek poetic tradition, including epic, lyric, and tragic poetry. It is essential reading for scholars of ancient Greek storytelling (including myth) and those interested in the hybrid nature of narrative history, as both a true or truth-based account of past events and a necessarily creative account, which requires the author to present data in a meaningful and engrossing literary form. Close readings of specific passages demonstrate how Herodotus uses the linguistic, thematic, and narrative resources of the poets to channel and challenge their social authority, and to engage the emotions and intellect of a broad Hellenic audience steeped in the traditions of poetic performance. Herodotus adopts or adapts some poetic features while rejecting others (explicitly or implicitly) as a means of defining the nature of his own research and narrative.

Table of Contents:
Introduction; 1. Poetry in Herodotus, Herodotus on poetry; 2. The prologue of the Histories and the Greek poetic tradition; Part I. Herodotus and Epic Poetry: 3. Homeric 'citations' and diction; 4. Homeric emplotment and themes; 5. Use of direct speech; 6. Modes of narration; 7. Manipulation of narrative time; 8. Truth and falsehood; 9. Historical consciousness and stratification; Part II. Herodotus and Greek Lyric Poetry: Introduction; 10. Solon's poetry and Herodotean historiography; 11. Historical narrative in non-melic poetry; 12. Herodotus and epinician poetry I: reconstructions and functions of the past; 13. Herodotus and epinician poetry II: first-person narration, tradition, and truth; Part III. Herodotus and Greek Tragic Poetry: Introduction; 14. Herodotus and Aeschylus' Persae; 15. Herodotus' use of Attic tragedy in the Lydian logos; 16. Tragic tropes in other Herodotean narratives; Conclusion: Herodotus and the poets.

About the Author :
CHARLES C. CHIASSON is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Humanities at the University of Texas at Arlington. This book represents the culmination of four decades of research on Herodotus and his creative interaction with the Greek poetic tradition. Previous publications on the topic include articles on tragic diction in Herodotus, Herodotus and Solon's poetry, tragic features of the Lydian logos, and poetic aspects of Herodotus' prologue.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781009503693
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • Language: English
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  • Weight: 1223 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1009503693
  • Publisher Date: 06 Nov 2025
  • Binding: Hardback
  • No of Pages: 760
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