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Shaping the geography of empire : man and nature in Herodotus' Histories / Katherine Clarke.
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Clarke, Katherine
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English
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First edition.
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Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
©2018
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xii, 355 pages ; 23 cm
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Available Online
Oxford Scholarship - Oxford University Press: Classical Studies
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Firestone Library - Classics Collection
G87.H5 C53 2018
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Geography in literature
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Historical geography
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Geography, Ancient
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Classical geography
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Herodotus
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History
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Herodotus
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Geography
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Summary note
Focusing on the depiction of the natural world in Herodotus' Histories, this volume explores the fluid and complex network of spatial relationships that emerges from his narrative, examining its significance for the analysis of focalization in the work and for understanding the role of geography in the shaping of successive empires.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-339) and indexes.
Contents
Reading Herodotus In Context
'... there was no Herodotus before Herodotus'
Treading in the Footsteps of Giants
Finding Space in the Study of Herodotus
Herodotus' Spaces, Peoples, and Places: The Scholarly Landscape
Sharpening the Lens: Bringing Focalization into Play
Location, Location, Location: Herodotus' World and the Dynamics of Empire
Herodotus' Sense Of Place And Space
Mapping Out the World
Mapping the Extremes
Filling in the Broad Canvas: Continents and Comparisons
Marching Through the Landscape: The Geography of Expeditions
Trade, Tourism, and Theoria
The Evocative List
Lines and Dots
Criss-Crossing the Narrative: Rivers and the Articulation of Space
Fonts of Rivers, Spines of the Land: Mountains in Herodotus' Landscape
Islands
The Specialness of Being Nesiotes
Transformation and Migration
The Island as a Commodity
Giving Meaning To Space
Depth and Resonance
Wonderful World: Works of Nature, Works of Man
The Dimension of Time: Unlocking the Mythical Landscape
Collapsing Spaces, Parallel Places
Geographical Morality
Good and Bad Control: Modulating the Moral Landscape
Negotiating the Rivers, Moral Barometers
Walking on Water: Sailing over Land
Bridging Rivers, Bridging Continents: Crossing the Great Divide
Reaching the Promised Land: Entering the Gardens of Midas
Grand Designs
The Conquest of Nature: Herodotus' 'Military Narrative'
The Allure of Beauty and the Language of Desire
The Metaphor of Conquest: Slavery, Rage, Punishment, and Subjugation
Nature Joins Battle: Opposition and Alliance
(Mis)understanding the Divine
Writing an Imperial Geography
Determining Nature's Will: Stability or Mobility
Thinking Big: Imperial Designs and the Problem of Hybris
Passion for Power: A Persian Paradigm?
Herodotus and the Geography of Dynamis.
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ISBN
9780198820437 ((hardback))
0198820437 ((hardback))
LCCN
2017958462
OCLC
1005861424
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