Abstract
The figure of the traveller loomed large in the Greek imagination. To these we might add Herodotus. The historian's self-mytholigising plays on this same, diffuse connection between wide-ranging travels and a particular brand of cultural prestige. he stands out as a trailblazer, providing a paradigm for how to convey the firsthand experience of travel - how to describe places visited and things seen - in the newly-emergent mode of prose writing.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Brill's Companion to the Reception of Herodotus in Antiquity and Beyond |
| Publisher | Brill |
| Pages | 322-345 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789004299849 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789004272293 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2016 |