Название: Sophist Kings: Persians as Other in Herodotus
Автор: Vernon L. Provencal
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN: 1780936133
Год: 2015
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 344
Размер: 2,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

Sophist Kings: Persians as Other sets forth a reading of Herodotus' Histories that highlights the consistency with which the Persians are depicted as sophists and Persian culture is infused with a sophistic ideology. The Persians as the Greek 'other' have a crucial role throughout Herodotus' Histories, but their characterisation is far divorced from historical reality. Instead, from their first appearance at the beginning of the Histories, Herodotus presents the Persians as adept in the argumentation of Greek sophists active in mid-5th century Athens.