The Mirror of Herodotus: The Representation of the Other in the Writing of History Volume 5

by François Hartog

Book Overview

Herodotus's great work is not only an account of the momentous historical conflict between the Greeks and the Persians but also the earliest sustained exploration in the West of the problem of cultural difference. Fran?ois Hartog asks fundamental questions about how Herodotus represented this difference. How did he and his readers understand the customs and beliefs of those who were not Greek? How did the historian convince his readers that his account...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520264231
• ISBN13: 9780520264236
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 411 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"