Mythische Erzählstrukturen in Herodots "Historien"

Katharina Wesselmann

Published by De Gruyter 2011

Mythische Erzählstrukturen in Herodots "Historien"

Herodotus and the Mythical Heritage of Greek Historiography

Katharina Wesselmann

Volume 3 in the series MythosEikonPoiesis

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110239669

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About this book

Herodotus is often criticised for his mythical representation of historical events. However, this offers an important key to the understanding of the text. Starting with the reconstruction of a contemporary mythical-ritual framework, in her reading of the Histories Katharina Wesselmann uses the associative content of the traditional themes of iniquity, madness, trickery and transition which underpin the Histories. In this way Herodotus no longer appears as the father of history writing, as Cicero called him, but rather as the heir to a tradition of storytelling.

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Katharina Wesselmann, Universität Basel, Schweiz.

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
Vorwort Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
Inhalt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	IX
I. Einleitung Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
II. Frevel: Mythos als moralisches Paradigma Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
III. Wahnsinn – Die Komplexität der Moral im Spiegel von Mythos und Kult Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
IV. ,Trickstergeschichten‘: Schelmenfigur und Erzählstruktur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
V. Rite de passage – Die Tradition des Neuanfangs als mythhistorisches Zeichen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
VI. Schluß Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	300
Appendix 1: Herodot und Homer – ein kurzer Forschungsüberblick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	342
Appendix 2: Das Wortfeld ,Frevel‘ bei Herodot Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	345
Literaturverzeichnis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	358
Index mythischer und herodoteischer Handlungsfiguren und -orte Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	387
Index locorum Graecorum et Latinorum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	398
A Brief Summary: Mythical Structures in Herodotus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	419

(Deutsch)

Language: German
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Institutes, Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 11
- Main content: 450
Keywords: Herodotus; Historiography

eBook

Published: October 27, 2011
ISBN: 9783110239669

Hardcover

Published: October 17, 2011
ISBN: 9783110239119