Herodotus: The Father of History

Homeric Epic and the East-West Conflict (1x4)

Exibido em:: Mar 22, 2022

For all ancient Greeks, Homer was a pervasive influence. How does Herodotus model his work on the Iliad and the Odyssey? How and why does he depart from the Homeric and give us the uniquely Herodotean?