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Why does a power expand and become an empire? Writing in the early years of the Peloponnesian War, Herodotus gave Athens full credit for saving Greece from Persia, but also identified the city's expansion as a new manifestation of imperialist aggression. In this skillful analysis of Herodotus' intellectual world, J.A.S. Evans combines historical, anthropological, and literary techniques to show how the war affected not only the great thinker's view of Persian aggression and of the people involved in it but also the shape of the Histories themselves. The first essay discusses Herodotus' investigation of imperialism, and the second finds the beginnings of biography in his descriptions of individuals, particularly in his well-crafted portrait of Cyrus. The third essay describes the "Father of History" as a collector and evaluator of local oral stories, sources for the written work that was destined by its scope and unifying plan to introduce a new genre. Evans draws analogies between Herodotus' methods and those of oral historians in other cultures, particularly in precolonial Africa. He also explores comparisons between Herodotus in Egypt and sixteenth-and seventeenth-century European ethnologists in the Americas.Originally published in 1990.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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History as a science --- History --- Philosophy --- 930.21 --- 930.11 --- -Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Historiografie. Geschiedenis van de geschiedwetenschap --- Filosofie van de geschiedenis. Geschiedenisfilosofie --- -Historiografie. Geschiedenis van de geschiedwetenschap --- 930.11 Filosofie van de geschiedenis. Geschiedenisfilosofie --- 930.21 Historiografie. Geschiedenis van de geschiedwetenschap --- -930.11 Filosofie van de geschiedenis. Geschiedenisfilosofie --- Annals --- History, Modern --- Geschiedeniswetenschap --- Tacite, --- History - Philosophy --- AMMIEN MARCELLIN (AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS), 325-395 --- ARISTOTE, PHILOSOPHE GREC, 384-322 AV. J.-C. --- BOSSUET (JACQUES BENIGNE), 1627-1704 --- CICERON (106-43 AV. J-C.) --- CONDORCET (JEAN ANTOINE NICOLAS CARITAT DE), 1743-1794 --- D'ALEMBERT (JEAN LE ROND) --- DENYS D'HALICARNASSE, 99-1 AV.J.-C. --- DIODORE DE SICILE (DIODOROS SIKELIOTES), HISTORIEN GREC, VERS 90-20 AV. J.C. --- GIBBON (EDWARD), HISTORIEN BRITANNIQUE, 1737-1794 --- HERDER (JOHANN GOTTFRIED VON), 1744-1803 --- HERODOTE, HISTORIEN GREC, 484?-425? --- HESIODE, POETE GREC, VERS LE 8E SIECLE AV. J.-C. --- HISTORIOGRAPHIE --- HOMERE, POETE EPIQUE GREC, VERS LE 9E SIECLE AV. J.-C. --- HUME (DAVID), PHILOSOPHE ANGLAIS, 1711-1776 --- LEIBNIZ (GOTTFRIED WILHELM), PHILOSOPHE ET SAVANT ALLEMAND, 1646-1716 --- LUCIEN DE SAMOSATE, ECRIVAIN SATIRIQUE GREC, VERS 125-192 --- PLINE LE JEUNE (CAIUS PLINIUS CAECILIUS SECUNDUS), ECRIVAIN LATIN, 61-114 --- PLUTARQUE, BIOGRAPHE ET MORALISTE GREC, VERS 46-125 --- POLYBE, HISTORIEN GREC, VERS 202-120 AV. J.-C. --- QUINTILIEN (MARCUS FABIUS QUINTILIANUS), RHETEUR LATIN, VERS 30-100 --- SALLUSTE (CAIUS SALLUSTIUS CRISPUS) --- STRABON --- THUCYDIDE, 0460?-0395? AV. J.-C. --- TITE-LIVE (TITUS LIVIUS, 59 AV. J.C.-17 APR. J.C.) --- VICO (GIAN BATTISTA) --- VOLTAIRE, 1694-1778 --- CRITIQUE ET INTERPRETATION --- CRITIQUES ET INTERPRETATIONS