Herodotus’s The History as a Self-Referential Work
I, Herodotus of Halicarnassus, am here setting forth my history.
Information-gathering and the strategic use of culture in Herodotus
Herodotus
Instructive Irony in Herodotus: The Socles Scene
By contrasting Corinth
Spectacle of Enquiry: The Violent and Macabre in Herodotus
This thesis endeavours to explain the role of graphic violence in Herodotus’ Histories. It attempts to look past explanatory models of othering that catagorise acts of violence as manifestations of the other and deeds of transgression.
The Medical Use of Cannabis Among the Greeks and Romans
This paper is intended to update our knowledge of the medical use of canna- bis in the Classical world, a topic on which the only serious discussion is Brun- ner 1973
The Old and the Restless: The Egyptians and the Scythians in Herodotus' Histories
On a historiographical level, if we look at all the ethnographic material in the Histories, it appears that Herodotus wishes the reader to view the world and its peoples in a sort of grid. Scythia and Egyptians are the extremes (in several ways) and other central cultures like the Greeks and Persians fall into place between them.
Madness in Context in the Histories of Herodotus
This thesis is a study of the way Herodotus uses madness in his Histories. It aims to examine the changing nature of madness depending on the context in which Herodotus uses it.
