Abridged translation of Mythische Erzählstrukturen in Herodots “Historien”, published in 2011 by De Gruyter. Herodotus is often criticised for his mythical representation of historical events. However, this offers an important key to the understanding of the text. Starting with the reconstruction of a contemporary mythical-ritual framework, in her reading of… Read more
Join us on April 13 at 11:00 a.m. EDT for a CHS Online Open House discussion with Dr. Maria G. Xanthou on Herodotus’s Histories, Book 1. Our focus will be on gold, kraters and treasur(i)es. Read more
Join us on April 13 at 11:00 a.m. EDT for a CHS Online Open House discussion with Dr. Maria G. Xanthou on Herodotus’s Histories, Book 1. Our focus will be on gold, kraters and treasur(i)es. Read more
Readers of Herodotus’s histories are familiar with its reports of bizarre portents, riddling oracles, and striking dreams. But Herodotus draws our attention to other types of signs too, beginning with human speech itself as a coded system that can manipulate and be manipulated. Objects, gifts, artifacts, markings, even the human… Read more
