Myth, Mythography, and Historiography

Studies in Herodotus, His Contemporaries, and Others
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-3-16-161334-0
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Festeinband, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 714 g

Reihe: Themes and Forms in Graeco-Roman Literature

Ergänzt um zwei speziell für diese Aufsatzsammlung verfasste Essays versammelt dieser Band Robert L. Fowlers wichtigste Arbeiten über griechische Mythen, Mythographie und Geschichtsschreibung, die seit seinem grundlegenden Artikel „Herodot und seine Zeitgenossen" (1996), veröffentlicht wurden. Neben seiner Edition und Kommentierung der frühesten Texte (Early Greek Mythography, Oxford 2000-2013) hat seine Arbeit eine Neubewertung der Mythographie als wichtigen Teil der Literatur- und Geistesgeschichte der griechisch-römischen Welt und ein besseres Verständnis von Herodots revolutionären Historien befördert.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fowler, Robert L.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religionen der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Groundwork
1.Herodotus and his Contemporaries
Myth, History, Mythistory
2.Mythos and Logos
3.Myth, History, Mythistory
4.Greek Mythography
Ethnicity
5.Genealogical Thinking, Hesiod's Catalogue, and the Creation of the Hellenes
6.The nostoi and Archaic Greek Ethnicity
7.Foreigners in Early Greek Mythography
Style, Methods, Contexts
8.Early Historie and Literacy
9.Herodotus and Athens
10.Herodotus and his Prose Predecessors
11.How to Tell a Myth: Genealogy, Mythology, Mythography
12.Hecataeus, Pherecydes, Hellanicus: Three Approaches to Mythography
13.Imaginary Itineraries in the Beyond
14.Herodotus and the Pleasure of the Text
Religion
15.Thoughts on Myth and Religion in Early Greek Historiography
16.Gods in Early Greek Historiography
Postclassical Continuations
17.Apollodorus and the Art of the Variant
18.Myth(ography), History and the Peripatos
Looking Back, and Forward
19.Myth and Mythography: Last Thoughts, and a Response to Criticism

Preface
Groundwork
1.Herodotus and his Contemporaries
Myth, History, Mythistory
2.Mythos and Logos
3.Myth, History, Mythistory
4.Greek Mythography
Ethnicity
5.Genealogical Thinking, Hesiod's Catalogue, and the Creation of the Hellenes
6.The nostoi and Archaic Greek Ethnicity
7.Foreigners in Early Greek Mythography
Style, Methods, Contexts
8.Early Historie and Literacy
9.Herodotus and Athens
10.Herodotus and his Prose Predecessors
11.How to Tell a Myth: Genealogy, Mythology, Mythography
12.Hecataeus, Pherecydes, Hellanicus: Three Approaches to Mythography
13.Imaginary Itineraries in the Beyond
14.Herodotus and the Pleasure of the Text
Religion
15.Thoughts on Myth and Religion in Early Greek Historiography
16.Gods in Early Greek Historiography
Postclassical Continuations
17.Apollodorus and the Art of the Variant
18.Myth(ography), History and the Peripatos
Looking Back, and Forward
19.Myth and Mythography: Last Thoughts, and a Response to Criticism

Über Autor(innen)

Geboren 1954; 1977 MA, University of Toronto; 1980 DrPhil (Literae Humaniores), Oxford; Henry Overton Wills Professor für Griechisch, University of Bristol (Emeritus since 2017); Mitglied der British Academy.

Born 1954; 1977 MA, University of Toronto; 1980 DPhil (Literae Humaniores), Oxford; Henry Overton Wills Professor of Greek, University of Bristol (Emeritus since 2017); Fellow of the British Academy.