· Jennifer Roberts introduces the background and writing of the 5th century Greek thinker and researcher Herodotus of Halicarnassus, who invented the genre of historical investigation. She discusses all aspects of his work, including his fascination with his origins; his travels; his interest in seeing the world; and the recurring themes of his work. · Herodotus: A Very Short Introduction. Jennifer T. Roberts. OUP Oxford, - Biography Autobiography - pages. 0 Reviews. Herodotus has come to be respected by most scholars as a responsible and important historian. Herodotus was both a critical thinker and a lively storyteller, a traveller who was both tourist and anthropologist.7 Herodotus as storyteller: I read this "very short introduction" to Herodotus because I decided to assign The Histories in its entirety for my first term course on pre-modern history at the U of O's Clark Honors College. This book adequately served the purpose I assigned to it: help me think about ways to structure the weeks I'm devoting to Herodotus (six class meetings)/5.
Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Herodotus: a very short introduction at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! Author: Jennifer Tolbert Roberts Publisher: ISBN: Category: Greece Languages: en Pages: View: Get Book. Herodotus Herodotus A Very Short Introduction by Jennifer Tolbert Roberts, Herodotus Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Herodotus books, Jennifer Roberts introduces the background and writing of the 5th-century Greek thinker and researcher. About Jennifer Tolbert Roberts. Jennifer Tolbert Roberts 8 followers Jennifer T. Roberts is Professor of Classics and History at the City College of New York and the City University of New York Graduate Center. She is the author of Athens on Trial: The Anti-Democratic Tradition in Western Thought and Herodotus: A Very Short Introduction.
Herodotus: A Very Short Introduction. Jennifer T. Roberts. OUP Oxford, - Biography Autobiography - pages. 0 Reviews. Herodotus has come to be respected by most scholars as a responsible and important historian. Herodotus was both a critical thinker and a lively storyteller, a traveller who was both tourist and anthropologist. In a real way, Jennifer T. Roberts’ Herodotus: A Very Short Introduction is a page blurb for the great Greek historian’s Histories. Written around BC, The Histories — which, in Greek, means Enquiries — tells the story of the Greek-Persian Wars a few decades earlier by going back centuries to get at the root causes of the conflict, taking many digressions to explain for his. Jennifer Roberts introduces the background and writing of the 5th-century Greek thinker and researcher, Herodotus of Halicarnassus, who invented the genre of historical investigation. Herodotus is shown to be a reporter, a tourist and a historian.
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