An Epic Formula in Herodotus.
This paper examines Herodotus's use of a formulaic phrase, known from Homer and the drama, by analyzing four test cases. The analysis reveals how Herodotus embeds mythical and traditional stories and the epic language in the relatively new genre of historiography and how the historical narrative is...
| Published in: | Scripta Classica Israelica Vol. 41; pp. 5 - 30 |
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Israeli Society for the Promotion of Classical Studies
2022
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