Linguistics Into Interpretation, Speeches Of War In Herodotus Vii 5 & 8-18: Speeches Of War In Herodotus Vii 5 & 8-18 (mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica ... (english And Ancient Greek Edition)

"This volume is a sustained exercise in the genre of secondary literature which aims at explaining a literary work as much as possible in and through the author's own words. A crucial passage in direct speech by different speakers from the History of Herodotus, the earliest long Greek prose text, has been made the object of a systematic effort to distill and analyse the linguistic characteristics relevant to its interpretation, by confronting it with the rest of the work as well as with earlier and contemporary writings."--BOOK JACKET. "This is done with the primary aim of placing the interpretation of a major author on the firmest ground available, the author's ipsissimi verba. The result, made accessible by full indexes, will prove helpful to readers of any part of Herodotus' History."--BOOK JACKET LINGUISTICS INTO INTERPRETATION: SPEECHES OF WAR IN HERODOTUS VII 5 & 8- I 8 3 CONTENTS 5 Preface 7 Introduction 9 Abbreviations & Bibliography 11 Conspectus Siglorum 19 Comparatio Hude-Rosen 21 Text & Translation of Herodotus VII 5 & 8-18 23 Speeches of War in Herodotus: 47 Leading up to the first speech (1-5.1) 47 First speech of Mardonius (5.2-3) 48 Xerxes persuaded (6-8.1) 58 First speech of Xerxes (8 a-6) 59 Second speech of Mardonius (9) 96 First speech of Artabanus (10) 123 Second speech of Xerxes (11) 197 First speech of the Dream (12) 218 Third speech of Xerxes (13) 233 Second speech of the Dream (14) 243 Fourth speech of Xerxes (15) 249 Second speech of Artabanus (16) 261 Third speech of the Dream (17) 307 Fifth speech of Xerxes (18) 317 Appendix: Dionysius of Halicarnassus De Demosthenis dictione 41 335 Index of Passages Cited 337 Index of Greek Words 357 Analytical Index 364 SUPPLEMENTS TO MNEMOSYNE 372