Generation Dating in Herodotos
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9343117 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Ball (0000-0003-4578-1237, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 276-281 |
| Publication date | 1979-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0009838800035916 |
| OpenAlex | W2039891414 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 4 |
It is generally believed that a substantial number of time intervals and traditional dates given for early Greek history are the result of calculations based on genealogies and on various values for a generation. Although this method is supposed to have been used by Greek chronographers from the fifth century down at least to Kastor of Rhodes in the first, Herodotos must be our main direct evidence
Genealogy · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical and Architectural Studies · History
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Epilogue
Making a business of time
Persuasion and plausibility
The world outside the polis
Herodotus
Le temps qui passe. Présence et représentations du temps dans les tribunaux athéniens
Whence 776? The Origin of the Date for the First Olympiad
Making Time for the Past
Genealogies and oral histories as chronological networks
| Citations per year | 0.61 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2025 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |