The Making of History

Herodotus’ Historiēs Apodexis

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20053250
AutoresEgbert J Bakker (autor de correspondencia)
Año2002
Páginas1-32
Fecha de publicación2002-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoCHAPTER
RevistaBrill's Companion to Herodotus (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/9789004217584_002
OpenAlexW1009936864
ISBN9789004217584
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10

Most readers of Herodotus' work call it History, or the Histories . Any attempt to understand Herodotus' notion of 'history' must start from Herodotus' own use of the term historie in the Proem. Herodotus' Proem, then, displays a curious mixture of old and new. Histories apodexis is usually rendered with such expressions as 'publication of research' or 'public exposition of an inquiry'. The Herodotus that emerges from the discussion of historie and apodexis is neither an oral storyteller nor an accomplished modern scientist. Herodotus, more involved in the actual process of historiē and intent on showing it in practice, asks his future audiences to be more involved as well. We are also asked to do what Herodotus did with the monuments and megala erga he encountered: to record. This volume is among the many proofs that Herodotus achieved what he aspired to. Keywords: Herodotus; Historiēs apodexis ; monuments; proem

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