Herodotus in the Long Nineteenth Century
- ISBN-10
- 1108472753
- ISBN-13
- 9781108472753
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 353
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-03-26
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Authors
- Thomas Harrison, Joseph Skinner
Description
Explores the many different ways in which Herodotus' Histories were read and understood during a momentous period of world history.
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