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Teaching Delivery:ÌýThis module is taught in 10 weekly classes.

°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýThe aim of this course is to broaden and deepen students' knowledge of an important genre of Greek literature in the original language and further to develop students' ability to read and understand Greek texts in their literary and historical context. The module involves close study of the text of Herodotus in ancient Greek, and discussion of the rich literary, historical and cultural background to the work.

³§°ì¾±±ô±ô²õ:ÌýBy the end of the course, students should be trained in close reading, analysis of form, content and context, and the ability to present written conclusions about a complex body of data in a coherent fashion. They will also have better Greek than they had when they started, and will be able to carry out independent research into the important themes of Greek literature, historiography, oral tradition, culture, myth and religion.

°Õ±ð³æ³Ù²õ:ÌýThe text covered in the first iteration of the course will be Herodotus book 2, with the commentary of A. Lloyd (OUP, 2020), which I will photocopy (see also for more basic linguistic help Wadell’s older Herodotus, Book Two (Bloomsbury, in print).

Indicative Reading:ÌýJohn Gould, Herodotus (London, 1989). See also I. J. F. de Jong, E. Bakker, H. van Wees, eds. Brill Companion to Herodotus (2002); Brill (de. I.J.F. de Jong) and C. Dewald, J. Marincola (eds.),ÌýCambridge Companion to HerodotusÌý(°ä²¹³¾²ú°ù¾±»å²µ±ðÌý2006); F. Hartog, The Mirror of Herodotus (Princeton, 1991); R. Kapuscinsky, Travels with Herodotus (2004); N. Luraghi, ed. The Historian’s Craft in the Age of Herodotus (Oxford, 2001); J. Marincola ed. Oxford Readings in Freek and Roman Historiographys; R. Vignolo Munson, ed. Oxford Readings on Herodotus (2013); R. Thomas, Herodotus in Context (Oxford, 2001).