The Master of Signs: Signs and the Interpretation of Signs in Herodotus' Histories

ISBN-13: 9780674055889 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 298 str.

Alexander Hollmann

Opis

Readers of Herodotus' Histories are familiar with its reports of bizarre portents, riddling oracles, and striking dreams. This book represents an examination of signs and their interpreters, as well as the terminology Herodotus uses to describe sign transmission, reception, and decoding.