Richard B Rutherford
Biographic Data
| ID | 10752649 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard B Rutherford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard B |
| FAMILY NAME | Rutherford |
| SIGNATURE | RUTHERFORD R B |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Structure and Meaning in Epic and Historiography
This chapter explores one aspect of historiography's debt to epic, and uses this as a basis for some comparisons and contrasts between Herodotus and Thucydides. It argues that Homer was inevitably and constantly a gigantic presence in the background for both Herodotus and Thucydides, that they measure their own subject matter and themes against those of the Homeric poems, particularly the Iliad, and that whatever influence lost sources may have h…
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Autolykos
Odysseus
Anachronism
Allegory
Irony
Structure and Meaning in Epic and Historiography
This chapter explores one aspect of historiography's debt to epic, and uses this as a basis for some comparisons and contrasts between Herodotus and Thucydides. It argues that Homer was inevitably and constantly a gigantic presence in the background for both Herodotus and Thucydides, that they measure their own subject matter and themes against those of the Homeric poems, particularly the Iliad, and that whatever influence lost sources may have h…
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