Ethnicity and Identity in Herodotus

ISBN-13: 9781138631113 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 342 str.

Thomas Figueira; Carmen Soares

Opis

While Herodotus is recognized as the "father of History," he also deserves acknowledgement as the father of ethnography, inasmuch as he first consciously grappled with the phenomena of cultural differentiation. Strikingly, he first also proclaimed that human groups were distinct through their allegiance to different systems of nomoi, that is, 'ways of life' or 'laws'. For him, the nature of this normative allegiance was a central focus in historiē, the investigation of humanity in its variation. The ethnē 'peoples' who inhabited his world were often juxtaposed with the Greeks in an exploration that provides the archetypal exposition of what was or has become "European" or "Western." Enormous complexity surrounds the ultimate judgment regarding how Herodotus and his contemporaries understood the role of the biological relatedness in the identity of the ethnē which they recognized. To unravel these enigmas requires nothing less than a general theory of affinity among the classical Greeks. In Ethnicity and Identity in Herodotus, a distinguished group of scholars undertake explorations of the Histories of Herodotus in order to shed light on these issues, which continue to retain relevance in a modern world riven by antipathies grounded in cultural variation and perceived ethnicity.

Recenzje

"[T]he collection as a whole succeeds admirably in shedding light on how Herodotus as a historian thinks about and even helps construct ethnic identity among the many Greek and non-Greek peoples in the Histories." - The Classical Review

Spis treści

Preface  Introduction Thomas Figueira  Part 1: The Methodology of Ethnic Identification in Herodotus  1. Herodotus’ Hermēneus and the Translation of Culture in the Histories Steven Brandwood  2. Language as a Marker of Ethnicity in Herodotus and Contemporaries Thomas Figueira  3. Protocols of Ethnic Specification in Herodotus Brian Hill  4. Emotion and Ethnicity in Herodotus’ Histories Emily Allen-Hornblower  Part 2: Ethnicity among the Greeks  5. Mages and Ionians Revisited Gregory Nagy  6. Freedom and Culture in Herodotus Rosaria Vignolo Munson  7. Cosmopolitanism and Contingency in Herodotus: Myth and Tragedy in the Fourth Book of the Histories Alexandre Agnolon  8. A Goddess for the Greeks. Demeter as Identity Factor in Herodotus Nuno Simões Rodrigues  Part 3: Ethnic Identity among the Barbaroi  9. Herodotus’ Memphite Sources Rogério de Sousa  10. The Greeks as seen from the East. Xerxes’ European Enemy Maria de Fátima Silva  11. Mirages of Ethnicity and the Distant North in Book Four of the Histories: Hyperboreans, Arimaspians and Issedones Renaud Gagné  12. Ethnicity in Herodotus. The Story of Helen through the Egyptians’ Eyes Maria do Céu Fialho  Part 4: Reflections of Herodotean Ethnic Historiography  13. Barbarians, Greekness, and Wisdom: The Afterlife of Croesus’ Debate with Solon Delfim Leão  14. Scientific Discourse in Herodotus Book II of Histories and its Reflection in the Age of New World Discovery Carmen Soares.  Index of Ancient Sources  Subject Index