Herodotus is the oldest Greek historian whose works survive. He has been called the “father of history.” Dr Oswyn Murray, Emeritus Fellow, Balliol College, University of Oxford, joins the show to discuss Herodotus’ life and writings.
Some topics explored
- What’s known about where he was born and died and when
- The Greek word logos
- What Herodotus wrote on
- How much of his work (corpus) survives
- How the works survived and past hitherto
- What language Herodotus wrote in
- Herodotus’ usage of mythology in his historical writings
- History being memory
- Herodotus’ writings on the Greco-Persian Wars
- What’s known about the later part of his life
Listen to the episode
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Show Notes
- Dr Murray is the author of numerous books including authoring The Symposion: Drinking Greek Style (Oxford University Press) and editing A Commentary on Herodotus Books I-IV (Oxford University Press)
- Oswyn Murray’s personal homepage is oswynmurray.org
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