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Diodorus' Mythistory and the Pagan Mission
Historiography and Culture-heroes in the First Pentad of the Bibliotheke
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Iris Sulimani
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Englisch
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2011
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The traditional Diodoran scholarship has been challenged in the last decades by a revisionist approach, which concentrates on Diodorus Siculus’ contribution rather than on his lost sources. Building on that approach, this book focuses on the Bibliotheke’s first pentad, which has usually been neglected as a subject of research, and explores the author’s depictions of journeys made by gods and culture-heroes. A thorough investigation of his historiographical methods and his representation of mythical figures demonstrates that the mythological narrative is not only an essential part of his universal history, but also an important supplement to our knowledge of Hellenistic civilization, especially its mentality and historical geography.
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Iris Sulimani, Ph.D. (2004) in History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, teaches at the Hebrew University and the University of Haifa. She has published articles on Semiramis’ journey in Diodorus (SCI 24, 2005), and on Diodorus' source-citations (Athenaeum 96, 2008).
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"Overall, the book is a valuable contribution to Diodoran scholarship. It is, to the best of my knowledge, only the second monograph on Diodorus to be published in English, and it is a must-read for anyone interested in this controversial author." Lisa I. Hau in sehepunkte, 12 (2012), Nr. 5
"[...] one of the most significant contributions to Diodoran studies in recent years." Stanley M. Burstein in Scripta Classica Israelica, Vol. 31, 2012
"[...] one of the most significant contributions to Diodoran studies in recent years." Stanley M. Burstein in Scripta Classica Israelica, Vol. 31, 2012
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eBook veröffentlicht am:
11. April 2011
eBook ISBN:
9789004210103
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Inhalt:
412
eBook ISBN:
9789004210103
Schlagwörter für dieses Buch
DiodorusSiculus; universalhistory; universal; history; ancienthistory; Hellenisticcivilization; Hellenistic; ancient; civilization; Siculus; historiography; geography; religion; mythology; culture-heroes; paganmission; pagan; mission; Diodorus Siculus
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All those interested in the history of the ancient world, Hellenistic civilization and mentaility, ancient religion, mythology, Greek and Latin historiography, universal history, and historical geography
