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Herodotus, the Old Sappho and the Newest Sappho

Lexis, 2021
This paper focuses on Herodotus’ mention of Sappho in the Histories (2.134-5). Through the analysis of some of the extant sources on the involvement of her brother Charaxus with the hetaira Doricha/Rhodopis, it advances an interpretation of Sappho’s ...
Donelli, Giulia
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Herodotus on Bactria between Achaemenid Mobility and Alexander’s campaign. Some reflections [PDF]

Studia Hercynia, 2021
Thanks to a recent monographic study by Chiara Matarese we are now able to understand more clearly both the reasons and the goals of a phenomenon, that of the so-called ‘deportations’ characteristic of the Achaemenid empire.
Marco Ferrario
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Quelques remarques sur le thème de la démesure dans le livre II des Histoires d’Hérodote

Kentron, 2006
In this article, I intend to analyse the image of the Pharaoh that is conveyed in the second book of Herodotus’ Histories, through the study of several anecdotes. The first aspect of this image – and one that seems obvious 
Typhaine Haziza
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Ancient authors in the Synesius’ speech «De Regno» [PDF]

Религия, церковь, общество, 2014
The article is devoted to the works of the ancient citation in the speech by Synesius «De Regno» This speech (399) is devoted to the situation in the Roman Empire at the end of 4th century AD In the text he used a wide range of ancient sources (7 ...
Przhigodzkaja Olga Vladimirovna
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Queen Atossa: Adamantine Achaemenid Apron-Strings [Hdt. 2.1.1−2, Hdt. 3.66.2, 3.88.2, 3.133−134, Hdt.7.2.1−3, and 7.3.4]s [PDF]

Athens Journal of History, 2022
Claims that Herodotus reveals himself as a proto-biographer, let alone as a proto-feminist, are not yet widely accepted. To help advance these claims, I have selected one remarkable, non-Greek, barbarian woman—Queen Atossa of Persia, the daughter of ...
Oliver R. Baker
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Alexander of Macedon: An Early Biography [PDF]

Athens Journal of History, 2021
Claims that Herodotus reveals himself as a proto-biographer are not yet widely accepted. To advance this claim, I have selected one man, Alexander I, who finds himself and his kingdom caught in the middle of the Greco-Persian Wars and whose activities ...
Oliver R. Baker
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Changing Identities at the Turn of the Common Era: The Case of Semiramis

Studia Orientalia Electronica, 2023
Babylon, a city of shifting identities, was a constant point of reference for the Mediterranean world. This article explores the portrayal of the Babylonian queen Semiramis in Greek and Roman sources, demonstrating how ancient Near Eastern identities ...
Kerstin Droß-Krüpe
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Wanted: A Date with Herodotus [PDF]

Athens Journal of History, 2022
Herodotus comes down to us as the father of history and his fifth-century work, the Histories, is recognized as the first in an entirely new literary genre. But mid-fifth-century historiography is missing one of the most convenient of supranational tools—
Oliver R. Baker
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Storia controfattuale e great men in Erodoto e Tucidide

Erga-Logoi, 2021
Thinking about the role of great men in virtual history of contemporary age, in this paper we intend to conduct an analysis of this theme starting from some significant texts of Herodotus and Thucydides, to evaluate the existence of a recourse to ...
Elisabetta Bianco
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Dinler Tarihinin Antik Kökenleri: Herodotos Örneği

İlahiyat Tetkikleri Dergisi, 2019
Genel olarak Dinler Tarihinin, Max Müller’in yaşadığı XIX. Yüzyılda bir disiplin olarak teşekkül etmeye başladığı ifade edilse de diğer dini gelenekleri araştırma konusu yapmanın daha eski tarihlere dayandığı, din bilimcileri tarafından dillendirmektedir.
Şevket Özcan
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