Mythische Erzahlstrukturen in Herodots "Historien". [Herodotus and the Mythical Heritage of Greek Historiography]

by: Wesselmann, K.

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About this book
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 the Histories Katharina Wesselmann uses the associative content of the traditional themes of iniquity, madness, trickery and transition which underpin the Histories. In this way Herodotus no longer appears as the father of history writing, as Cicero called him, but rather as the heir to a tradition of storytelling.

Frontmatter

Vorwort

Inhalt

I. Einleitung

II. Frevel: Mythos als moralisches Paradigma

III. Wahnsinn – Die Komplexität der Moral im Spiegel von Mythos und Kult

IV. ,Trickstergeschichten?: Schelmenfigur und Erzählstruktur

V. Rite de passage – Die Tradition des Neuanfangs als mythhistorisches Zeichen

VI. Schluß

Appendix 1: Herodot und Homer – ein kurzer Forschungsüberblick

Appendix 2: Das Wortfeld ,Frevel? bei Herodot

Literaturverzeichnis

Index mythischer und herodoteischer Handlungsfiguren und -orte

Index locorum Graecorum et Latinorum

A Brief Summary: Mythical Structures in Herodotus

Mythische Erzahlstrukturen in Herodots "Historien". [Herodotus and the Mythical Heritage of Greek Historiography]

by: Wesselmann, K.

• ISBN-13: 9783110239119 / 978-3-11-023911-9
• ISBN-03: 3110239116 / 3-11-023911-6
• Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 2011

Price: 139,95 EURO

1 copy in stock