The Classical World · 1998 · 45 citations · 0 references
HumanitiesClassicsHistoryAncient HistoryGreek HistoryHistoriographyAncient GreeceAncient HistoriographyAncient Intellectual HistoryClassical GreeceGreek HistoriographyPersian WarsAncient Greek HistoriographyAncient Greek HistoryClassical HistoriographyGreek Historiographical TraditionHerodotean HistoriographyHistoriography Of AntiquityInterpretive Reading
As scholars have observed and analyzed Herodotus's sophistication, the father of history has been recognized as a complex and profound moral historian. How would Herodotus's contemporaries have responded to his recounting of the past? And what enduring lessons does Herodotus have for us? James A. Arieti attempts to discover, as far as possible, Herodotus's purpose in writing, and reveals how in the History of the Persian Wars Herodotus shapes his narrative in order to advise the troubled Greek world of his day. Arieti's reading is an interpretive study, exploring the philosophical, literary, and historical richness of the history-in short, examining why it is a classic. Discourses on the First Book of Herodotus is an important work for historians, classicists, and philosophers.