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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A brief remark on the philhellenic policy of Amasis at the emporion Naucratis [PDF]
Studia Hercynia, 2022 The Greek emporia (Al Mina, Naucratis, etc.) were usually founded on the sea shores or in the estuaries of large rivers because they served as important trade routes to the hinterland.
Květa Smoláriková
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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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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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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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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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Ingiusta e sanguinaria? Atene-Periandro nel discorso di Socle corinzio (Her. V 92)
Erga-Logoi, 2015 The ironical processes and the allusions to contemporary events in Herodotus’ Histories have recently aroused a growing interest among scholars, with a special focus on his concern about «Athenian imperialism».
Marco Enrico
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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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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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