
Audiences of Herodotus: Oral Performance and the Major Battle Narratives - Hardcover
Audiences of Herodotus: Oral Performance and the Major Battle Narratives - Hardcover
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by Ian Oliver (Author)
This book resituates the Histories' battle narratives within the context of Herodotus's participation in the mid-fifth-century culture of wisdom performance, arguing that the Salamis and Plataea narratives reflect the biases and ideologies of an Athenian audience, while Thermopylae reflects an audience gathered at the Pythian Festival.
Author Biography
Ian Oliver is senior term professor and head of classical languages at Regis University in Denver.



















