Dogs That Do Not (Always) Bark
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11825430 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher Tuplin (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Publication date | 2018-04-19 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Interpreting Herodotus (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780198803614.003.0005 |
| OpenAlex | W2801808442 |
| ISBN | 9780198803614 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The chapter collects and discusses the historical information provided by Herodotus about Egypt between the Persian conquest and his own time. Egypt attracts more post-conquest attention than Lydia or Babylonia, but it is still very modest: it mostly comes through histoire événementielle and lacunae ; lack of system abounds, allusions can be tantalizing, misrepresentation is not absent, and some of the omissions (notably the revolt of 522 or fate of the Saite kings’ Greco-Carian mercenaries) seem decidedly peculiar. The mixture of surprises and silences does not suggest that Herodotus is consciously expressing a coherent judgement about Persian rule of the country, but there is a thematic interest in custom, continuity, and discontinuity
Ancient history · Art · CONQUEST · Epistemology · Genealogy · Judgement · Linguistics · Literature · Misrepresentation · Persian · Political science · Shadow (psychology · Ancient Near East History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |