Herodot und das Persische Weltreich. Herodotus and the Persian Empire
edited by Robert Rollinger, Brigitte Truschnegg and Reinhold Bichler
Hardback (Published)
(October 2011)
ISBN: 9783447062558
6.65 x 9.45 inches
Price: $135.00
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Herodotus and the Persian Empire comprises contributions of an international conference held in Innsbruck in November 2008, which was attended by renowned scholars from Europe, America and Australia. The volume is published within a larger context of research. Its preoccupation is centred on a scholarly discussion of the Greek historiography, focussing on the Historical World of Ancient Middle East. The newly established series “Classica et Orientalia” offers a stage of publication to such studies like “Ktesias’ World” (CLeO 1), “The Achaemenid Court” (CLeO 2) and “Herodotus and the Persian Empire” (CLeO 3). In the current volume, 33 contributors discuss Herodotus’ Histories under various points of view, in essays written in English as well as German. On the basis of Ancient Near Eastern source material, the texts are analyzed within literary studies.
English summary: “Herodotus and the Persian Empire” comprises contributions of an international conference held in Innsbruck in November 2008, which was attended by renowned scholars from Europe, America and Australia. The volume is published within a larger context of research. Its preoccupation is centered on a scholarly discussion of the Greek historiography, focusing on the Historical World of the Ancient Middle East. The newly established series “Classica et Orientalia” offers a stage of publication to such studies like “Ktesias’ World” (CLeO 1), “The Achaemenid Court” (CLeO 2) and “Herodotus and the Persian Empire” (CLeO 3). In the current volume, 33 contributors discuss Herodotus’ Histories under various points of view, in essays written in English as well as German. On the basis of Ancient Near Eastern source material, the texts are analyzed within literary studies. German description: Der Sammelband “Herodot und das Persische Weltreich” versammelt die Beitrage einer internationalen Tagung, die im November 2008 unter Beteiligung zahlreicher renommierter Wissenschafterinnen und Wissenschaftern aus Europa, Amerika und Australien in Innsbruck stattgefunden hat. Die Publikation steht im Kontext eines grosseren Forschungsvorhabens, das eine konzentrierte wissenschaftliche Beschaftigung mit jenem Teil der griechischen Historiographie zum Ziel hat, deren thematischer Fokus auf die historischen Welten des Alten Vorderasien gerichtet ist. Als Publikationsplattform dient die neu gegrundete Reihe “Classica et Orientalia”. Nach einer Auseinandersetzung mit dem Werk des Ktesias (CLeO 1) und dem Hof der Achameniden (CLeO 2) ist dies die dritte Publikation des Forschungsschwerpunktes. In insgesamt 33 Beitragen in deutscher und englischer Sprache werden Herodots Historien unter zahlreichen Gesichtspunkten einer kritischen Analyse unterzogen. Sie werden in diesem Zusammenhang nicht nur vor dem Hintergrund des altorientalischen Quellenmaterials ausgeleuchtet, sondern auch unter literaturwissenschaftlichen Gesichtspunkten ausgewertet. “Herodotus and the Persian Empire” comprises contributions of an international conference held in Innsbruck in November 2008, which was attended by renowned scholars from Europe, America and Australia. The volume is published within a larger context of research. Its preoccupation is centred on a scholarly discussion of the Greek historiography, focussing on the Historical World of Ancient Middle East. The newly established series “Classica et Orientalia” offers a stage of publication to such studies like “Ktesias’ World” (CLeO 1), “The Achaemenid Court” (CLeO 2) and “Herodotus and the Persian Empire” (CLeO 3). In the current volume, 33 contributors discuss Herodotus’ Histories under various points of view, in essays written in English as well as German. On the basis of Ancient Near Eastern source material, the texts are analyzed within literary studies.
- Edited by Reinhold Bichler
- Edited by Robert Rollinger
- Edited by Brigitte Truschnegg
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Stereotypisierung – Idealisierung – Indifferenz
Formen der Auseinandersetzung mit dem Achaimeniden-Reich in der griechischen Persika-Literatur
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Assessing Biblical and Classical Sources for the Reconstruction of Persian Influence, History and Culture
Volume 10
Ancient Information on Persia Re-assessed
Xenophon's Cyropaedia: Proceedings of a Conference Held at Marburg in Honour of Christopher Tuplin, December 1-2, 2017
Volume 22
Iran and the Transformation of Ancient Near Eastern History
the Seleucids (ca. 312-150 BCE)
Volume 31
Die Sicht auf die Welt zwischen Ost und West (750 v. Chr.-550 n. Chr.) / Looking at the World, from the East and the West (750 BCE-550 CE)
Volume 12
The World of Berossos
Proceedings of the 4th International Colloquium on 'The Ancient Near East between Classical and Ancient Oriental Traditions', Hatfield College, Durham 7th-9th July 2010
Volume 5
The Limits of Empire in Ancient Afghanistan
Rule and Resistance in the Hindu Kush, circa 600 BCE-600 CE
Volume 24
Parthika. Greek and Roman Authors’ Views of the Arsacid Empire / Griechisch-romische Bilder des Arsakidenreiches
Volume 15
Alexander und die grossen Strome
Die Flussuberquerungen im Lichte altorientalischer Pioniertechniken (Schwimmschlauche, Keleks und Pontonbrucken)
Volume 7
Semiramis, de qua innumerabilia narrantur
Rezeption und Verargumentierung der Konigin von Babylon von der Antike bis in die opera seria des Barock
Volume 25
Mountain Peoples in the Ancient Near East
The Case of the Zagros in the First Millennium BCE
Volume 18
Die Verwaltung im Achamenidenreich / Administration in the Achaemenid Empire
Imperiale Muster und Strukturen / Tracing the Imperial Signature: Akten des 6. Internationalen Kolloquiums zum Thema Vorderasien im Spannungsfeld klassischer und altorientalischer Uberlieferungen aus Anlass der 80-Jahr-Feier der Entdeckung des Fest
Volume 17
Der ‘reiche Orient’
Imagination und Faszination: Darstellungen des asiatischen Wohlstandes in griechischen Quellen des 5. und 4. Jahrhunderts v. Chr.
Volume 28
Der Achamenidenhof / The Achaemenid Court
Akten des 2. Internationalen Kolloquiums zum Thema 'Vorderasien im Spannungsfeld klassischer und altorientalischer Uberlieferungen', Landgut Castelen bei Basel, 23.-25. Mai 2007
Volume 2
Iran and its Histories. From the Beginnings through the Achaemenid Empire
Proceedings of the First and Second Payravi Lectures on Ancient Iranian History, UC Irvine, March 23rd, 2018, & March 11th-12th, 2019
Volume 29
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