The Cambridge Companion to Herodotus

Introduction Carolyn Dewald and John Marincola 1. Herodotus and the poetry of the past John Marincola 2. Herodotus and his prose predecessors Robert Fowler 3. Herodotus and tragedy Jasper Griffin 4. The intellectual milieu of Herodotus Rosalind Thomas 5. Meta-historie: method and genre in the Histories Nino Luraghi 6. The syntax of historie: how Herodotus writes Egbert Bakker 7. Speech and narrative in the Histories Christopher Pelling 8. Herodotus, Sophocles and the woman who wanted her brother saved Carolyn Dewald and Rachel Kitzinger 9. Stories and story-telling in the Histories Alan Griffiths 10. Humour and danger in Herodotus Carolyn Dewald 11. Location and dislocation in Herodotus Rachel Friedman 12. Herodotus and the natural world James Romm 13. Herodotus and Greek religion Scott Scullion 14. Warfare in Herodotus Lawrence Tritle 15. Herodotus, political history and political thought Sara Forsdyke 16. Herodotus and the cities of mainland Greece Philip Stadter 17. Herodotus and Italy Rosaria Munson 18. Herodotus and Persia Michael Flower 19. Herodotus and foreign lands Tim Rood 20. Herodotus' influence in antiquity Simon Hornblower Glossary Timeline.