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Mythische Erzählstrukturen in Herodots "Historien"
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Katharina Wesselmann
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German
Published/Copyright:
2011
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
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Vorwort
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Inhalt
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I. Einleitung
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II. Frevel: Mythos als moralisches Paradigma
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III. Wahnsinn – Die Komplexität der Moral im Spiegel von Mythos und Kult
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IV. ,Trickstergeschichten‘: Schelmenfigur und Erzählstruktur
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V. Rite de passage – Die Tradition des Neuanfangs als mythhistorisches Zeichen
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VI. Schluß
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Appendix 1: Herodot und Homer – ein kurzer Forschungsüberblick
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Appendix 2: Das Wortfeld ,Frevel‘ bei Herodot
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Literaturverzeichnis
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Index mythischer und herodoteischer Handlungsfiguren und -orte
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Index locorum Graecorum et Latinorum
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A Brief Summary: Mythical Structures in Herodotus
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eBook published on:
October 27, 2011
eBook ISBN:
9783110239669
Hardcover published on:
October 17, 2011
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110239119
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Front matter:
11
Main content:
450
Audience(s) for this book
Academics, Institutes, Libraries
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