Charles C Chiasson
Biographic Data
| ID | 1428670 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charles C Chiasson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charles C |
| FAMILY NAME | Chiasson |
| SIGNATURE | CHIASSON C C |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Arlington |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Herodotus and the Greek Poetic Tradition
This is the first comprehensive analysis in any language of Herodotus' interaction with the Greek poetic tradition, including epic, lyric, and tragic poetry. It is essential reading for scholars of ancient Greek storytelling (including myth) and those interested in the hybrid nature of narrative history, as both a true or truth-based account of past events and a necessarily creative account, which requires the author to present data in a meaningf…
Solon’s Poetry and Herodotean Historiography
In the programmatic counsel given to Croesus by the Athenian visitor Solon ( Hist . 1.29–33), Herodotus recasts central themes in the historical Solon’s poetry as the basis for his own reflections upon issues of ethnographic, historical, and historiographical importance. Herodotus develops the poet’s observations on the definition of wealth and our human inability to foresee the outcome of our actions in his representation of Croesus’ downfall, t…
Myth and Truth in Herodotus’ Cyrus Logos
Herodotus' Prologue and the Greek Poetic Tradition
This article seeks to deepen our understanding of Herodotus’ relationship to Homer as reflected in the prologue, while shedding new light on his relationship to other poets and poetic traditions by focusing on: (1) the poetic device Herodotus uses to structure his opening discussion of the αἰτίη of the Greco-Persian wars (1.1–5), i.e., the priamel; and (2) his self-identification, at the end of his prologue, as a poetic sage whose understanding o…
Scythian Androgyny and Environmental Determinism in Herodotus and the Hippocratic περὶ ἀερων ὑδάτων τóπων
Scythian Androgyny and Environmental Determinism in Herodotus and the Hippocratic peri; ajevrwn uJdavtwn tovpwn Charles Chiasson University of Texas at Arlington According to an account written by one of his generals, the emperor Napoleon realized that his Russian expedition of 1812 was doomed to failure when the Russians set fire to their own capital city in order to force a French retreat. As he watched Moscow go up in flames, Napoleon is said …
The Idea of the Labyrinth from Classical Antiquity through the Middle Ages
"Lecythia and the Justice of Zeus in Aeschylus "Oresteia
RECENTLY WILLIAM SCOTT HAS SUGGESTED (36-38 and passim) that in the lyric odes of Aeschylus' Oresteia two meters have important thematic functions: the trochaic colon called the lecythion (x ~ -) is associated with the just order of the universe maintained by Zeus, while iambic rhythm is associated with the sequence of sin and punishment. Although to my mind, at least, the thematic significance of the latter remains questionable, Aeschylus' empha…
Pseudartabas and His Eunuchs
Tragic Diction in Herodotus
Scythian Androgyny and Environmental Determinism in Herodotus and the Hippocratic περὶ ἀερων ὑδάτων τóπων
Scythian Androgyny and Environmental Determinism in Herodotus and the Hippocratic peri; ajevrwn uJdavtwn tovpwn Charles Chiasson University of Texas at Arlington According to an account written by one of his generals, the emperor Napoleon realized that his Russian expedition of 1812 was doomed to failure when the Russians set fire to their own capital city in order to force a French retreat. As he watched Moscow go up in flames, Napoleon is said …
Herodotus' Prologue and the Greek Poetic Tradition
This article seeks to deepen our understanding of Herodotus’ relationship to Homer as reflected in the prologue, while shedding new light on his relationship to other poets and poetic traditions by focusing on: (1) the poetic device Herodotus uses to structure his opening discussion of the αἰτίη of the Greco-Persian wars (1.1–5), i.e., the priamel; and (2) his self-identification, at the end of his prologue, as a poetic sage whose understanding o…
"Lecythia and the Justice of Zeus in Aeschylus "Oresteia
RECENTLY WILLIAM SCOTT HAS SUGGESTED (36-38 and passim) that in the lyric odes of Aeschylus' Oresteia two meters have important thematic functions: the trochaic colon called the lecythion (x ~ -) is associated with the just order of the universe maintained by Zeus, while iambic rhythm is associated with the sequence of sin and punishment. Although to my mind, at least, the thematic significance of the latter remains questionable, Aeschylus' empha…
Pseudartabas and His Eunuchs
Tragic Diction in Herodotus
Tragic Diction in Herodotus
Pseudartabas and His Eunuchs
"Lecythia and the Justice of Zeus in Aeschylus "Oresteia
RECENTLY WILLIAM SCOTT HAS SUGGESTED (36-38 and passim) that in the lyric odes of Aeschylus' Oresteia two meters have important thematic functions: the trochaic colon called the lecythion (x ~ -) is associated with the just order of the universe maintained by Zeus, while iambic rhythm is associated with the sequence of sin and punishment. Although to my mind, at least, the thematic significance of the latter remains questionable, Aeschylus' empha…
The Idea of the Labyrinth from Classical Antiquity through the Middle Ages
Scythian Androgyny and Environmental Determinism in Herodotus and the Hippocratic περὶ ἀερων ὑδάτων τóπων
Scythian Androgyny and Environmental Determinism in Herodotus and the Hippocratic peri; ajevrwn uJdavtwn tovpwn Charles Chiasson University of Texas at Arlington According to an account written by one of his generals, the emperor Napoleon realized that his Russian expedition of 1812 was doomed to failure when the Russians set fire to their own capital city in order to force a French retreat. As he watched Moscow go up in flames, Napoleon is said …
Myth and Truth in Herodotus’ Cyrus Logos
Herodotus' Prologue and the Greek Poetic Tradition
This article seeks to deepen our understanding of Herodotus’ relationship to Homer as reflected in the prologue, while shedding new light on his relationship to other poets and poetic traditions by focusing on: (1) the poetic device Herodotus uses to structure his opening discussion of the αἰτίη of the Greco-Persian wars (1.1–5), i.e., the priamel; and (2) his self-identification, at the end of his prologue, as a poetic sage whose understanding o…
Solon’s Poetry and Herodotean Historiography
In the programmatic counsel given to Croesus by the Athenian visitor Solon ( Hist . 1.29–33), Herodotus recasts central themes in the historical Solon’s poetry as the basis for his own reflections upon issues of ethnographic, historical, and historiographical importance. Herodotus develops the poet’s observations on the definition of wealth and our human inability to foresee the outcome of our actions in his representation of Croesus’ downfall, t…
Herodotus and the Greek Poetic Tradition
This is the first comprehensive analysis in any language of Herodotus' interaction with the Greek poetic tradition, including epic, lyric, and tragic poetry. It is essential reading for scholars of ancient Greek storytelling (including myth) and those interested in the hybrid nature of narrative history, as both a true or truth-based account of past events and a necessarily creative account, which requires the author to present data in a meaningf…
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