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LEADER: 02687cam a2200373 i 4500
001 2012464447
003 DLC
005 20140203113908.0
008 130301s2012 xxk b 001 0 eng c
010 $a 2012464447
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020 $a9780199693979
020 $a0199693978
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn785077529
040 $aBTCTA$beng$cBTCTA$dUKMGB$dERASA$dYDXCP$dYNK$dQGK$dCDX$dBWX$dPIT$dINU$dUBY$dSTF$dDLC$dDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPA4004$b.M98 2012
245 00 $aMyth, truth, and narrative in Herodotus /$cedited by Emily Baragwanath and Mathieu de Bakker.
264 1 $aOxford :$bOxford University Press,$c2012
300 $axi, 370 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 0 $aIntroduction : myth, truth, and narrative in Herodotus' Histories / Emily Baragwanath and Mathieu de Bakker -- Myth and legend in Herodotus' first book / Carolyn Dewald -- Herodotus and the 'myth' of the Trojan War / Suzanne Said -- Herodotus' Proteus : myth, history, enquiry and storytelling / Mathieu de Bakker -- The Helen logos and Herodotus' fingerprint / Irene de Jong -- 'Strangers are from Zeus ': Homeric xenia at the courts of Proteus and Croesus / Elizabeth Vandiver -- Herodotus on Melampus / Vivienne J. Gray -- Herodotus and the Heroic Age : the case of Minos / Rosaria Vignolo Munson -- Myth and truth in Herodotus' Cyrus logos / Charles C. Chiasson -- Herodotus and eastern myths and logoi : Deioces the Mede and Pythius the Lydian / Rosalind Thomas -- The mythical origins of the Medes and the Persians / Pietro Vannicelli -- Mythology and the expedition of Xerxes / Angus M. Bowie -- Returning to Troy : Herodotus and the mythic discourse of his own time / Emily Baragwanath.
520 8 $aThis volume brings together 13 ground-breaking articles which review, re-establish, and rehabilitate the origins, forms, and functions of the mythological elements that are found in the narratives of Herodotus' Histories.
600 00 $aHerodotus.$tHistory.
600 00 $aHerodotus$xCriticism and interpretation.
600 00 $aHerodotus.$tHistory.$lEnglish.
700 1 $aBaragwanath, Emily,$d1977-$eeditor of compilation.
700 1 $aBakker, Mathieu de$eeditor of compilation.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1403/2012464447-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1403/2012464447-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1403/2012464447-t.html