Herodotus and Hellenistic Culture

In a series of literary studies, Priestley explores some of the earliest ancient responses to Herodotus'' Histories through the extant written record of the early and middle Hellenistic period. Responses to the Histories were rich and varied, and the range of Hellenistic writers responding in different ways to Herodotus'' work is in part a reflection of the Histories''own broad scope. The Historie...