TY - JOUR
TI - Herodotus’ Perspective on the Persian Empire
AU - Harrison, Thomas
TI - Herodotus’ Perspective on the Persian Empire
AB - This paper reviews the different models commonly used in understanding Herodotus’evidence on the Achaemenid Persian empire. It suggests that these approaches—for example, the assessment of Herodotus’accuracy, of the level of his knowledge, or of his sympathy for the Persians—systematically underestimate the complexity of his (and of the Greeks’) perspective on the Persian empire: the conflicted perspective of a participant rather than just a detached observer.
VL - 2022
IS - Volume 29
PY - 2022
SN - 1897-3426
C1 - 2084-3909
SP - 23
EP - 37
DO - 10.4467/20800909EL.22.003.15773
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/electrum/article/herodotus-perspective-on-the-persian-empire
KW - Herodotus
KW - Achaemenid
KW - Persia
KW - imperialism
KW - Xerxes
KW - Hellenocentrism