{"product_id":"9781666936223","title":"Audiences of Herodotus Oral Performance and the Major Battle Narratives","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAudiences of Herodotus\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eOral Performance and the Major Battle Narratives\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIan Oliver\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Ancient \/ Greece\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBy recognizing the pervasive influence that Herodotus’s career as an oral performer had on his composition of the \u003ci\u003eHistories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Audiences of Herodotus: Oral Performance and the Battle Narratives\u003c\/i\u003e argues that the \u003ci\u003eHistories’\u003c\/i\u003e versions of the three most important battles in the Persian Wars—the battles of Thermopylae, Salamis, and Plataea—persistently and disproportionately advance the interests, biases, and political agendas of distinct audiences in the mid-fifth century, well before Herodotus assembled his famous work of history as it survives to us. The Salamis and Plataea narratives reflect a mid-century audience of Athenians and their allies; the Thermopylae narrative reflects an Amphictyonic audience gathered at the Pythian Festival. Ian Oliver concludes that, as a participant in a culture of wisdom performance (\u003ci\u003eepideixis\u003c\/i\u003e), Herodotus originally composed short, ideologically motivated performance pieces that he intended to promote tendentious reinterpretations of these momentous events, then relied on these narratives when he composed his final text: the unitary \u003ci\u003eHistories\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIan Oliver\u003c\/b\u003e is senior term professor and head of classical languages at Regis University in Denver.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 July 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLexington Books\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781666936223\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e204\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51223593156748,"sku":"9781666936223","price":35.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_f699fa03-ab3a-42e8-b727-7441e0169e01.jpg?v=1783078544","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781666936223","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}