This edited collection looks at two of the most important ancient Greek historians living in the 5th Century BCE who are considered to be the founders of the western tradition of historiography. Thucydides and Herodotus examines the relevant relationship between these historians which is considered, especially nowadays, by historians and philologists to be more significant than previously realized. The volume includes an introduction by the editors which addresses our changing view of how the historians relate to one another, and twelve papers written by leading experts in the field of ancient history and philology. Nine of the papers discuss either comprehensive issues pertaining to the historians' relationship or their common themes and practices, while three further papers discuss the ancient reception of Herodotus and Thucydides and investigate the historians' debt to Homer. Introduction / Edith Foster and Donald Lateiner Structure and meaning in epic and historiography / Richard B. Rutherford Thucydides as reader of Herodotus / Philip A. Stadter Indirect discourse in Herodotus and Thucydides / Carlo Scardino The rationality of Herodotus and Thucydides as evidenced by their respective use of numbers / Catherine Rubicam Herodotus and Thucydides on blind decisions preceding military action / Hans-Peter Stahl Oaths : theory and practice in the Histories of Herodotus and Thucydides / Donald Lateiner Thermopylae and Pylos, with reference to the Homeric background / Edith Foster Thucydides on Themistocles : a Herodotean narrator? / Wolfgang Blösel Persians in Thucydides / Rosaria Vignolo Munson Aristotle's Rhetoric, the Rhetorica ad Alexandrum, and the speeches in Herodotus and Thucydides / Christopher Pelling A noble alliance : Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon's Procles / Emily Baragwanath Herodotus and Thucydides in Roman Republican historiography / Iris Samotta. Acknowledgements Contents Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction Methods of Reasoning Structure and Meaning in Epic and Historiography Thucydides as ‘Reader’ of Herodotus Indirect Discourse in Herodotus and Thucydides The ‘Rationality’ of Herodotus and Thucydides as Evidenced by Their Respective Use of Numbers Common Themes Herodotus and Thucydides on Blind Decisions Preceding Military Action Oaths: Theory and Practice in the Histories of Herodotus and Thucydides Thermopylae and Pylos, with Reference to the Homeric Background Thucydides on Themistocles: A Herodotean Narrator? Persians in Thucydides Reception Aristotle’s Rhetoric, the Rhetorica ad Alexandrum, and the Speeches in Herodotus and Thucydides A Noble Alliance: Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon’s Procles Herodotus and Thucydides in Roman Republican Historiography Index Locorum Index Nominum Topic Index Publisher Synopsis All the contributions present a very high level of learning and understanding of the texts ... The book succeeds in throwing a fresh light on old problems and is a valuable addition to modern scholarship. Pavel Nyvlt, Listy Filologicke a timely collection ... Foster and Lateiner can be congratulated for assembling a lucid series of discussions by both experienced and younger hands on the two historians' combined debt to epic, on shared themes and techniques, and on their reception by writers later in antiquity. Tim Rood, Times Literary Supplement 'Thucydides and Herodotus' is an edited collection which looks at two of the most important ancient Greek historians living in the 5th century BCE. It examines the relevant relationship between them which is considered, especially nowadays, by historians and philologists to be more significant than previously realized
