Herodotus: narrator, scientist, historian

This volume investigates the parts played by the related themes of narration and scientific enquiry in Herodotus’ creation of historiography. Such elements as his accounts of battles, his handling of myth and his use of objects to structure narrative are shown to make as important a contribution to the texture of his presentation of his 'Enquiries' as his manipulation of ‘wonder’ and his scientific interests in language, medicine, and geography.