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This thesis endeavours to explain the role of graphic violence in Herodotus’ Histories. It attempts to look past explanatory models of othering that catagorise acts of violence as manifestations of the other and deeds of transgression.

by History of the Ancient World August 24, 2012

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The Old and the Restless: The Egyptians and the Scythians in Herodotus' Histories

On a historiographical level, if we look at all the ethnographic material in the Histories, it appears that Herodotus wishes the reader to view the world and its peoples in a sort of grid. Scythia and Egyptians are the extremes (in several ways) and other central cultures like the Greeks and Persians fall into place between them.

by History of the Ancient World September 12, 2011

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Madness in Context in the Histories of Herodotus

This thesis is a study of the way Herodotus uses madness in his Histories. It aims to examine the changing nature of madness depending on the context in which Herodotus uses it.

by History of the Ancient World July 22, 2010

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The Closure of Herodotus' Histories

On the other hand, during the past five or six decades a number of observations have accumulated to suggest that the ending of the Histories presents a paradox: While the book is open-ended as a strictly historical narrative, as a work of archaic art it is perfectly and unambiguously closed.

by History of the Ancient World January 22, 2010

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