{"product_id":"historiography-and-mythography-in-the-aristotelian-mirabilia","title":"Historiography and Mythography in the Aristotelian Mirabilia","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first full-length volume in English that focuses on the historiographical section of the \u003ci\u003eMirabilia \u003c\/i\u003eor \u003ci\u003eDe mirabilibus auscultationibus \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eOn Marvelous Things Heard\u003c\/i\u003e), attributed to Aristotle but not in fact by him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe central section of the \u003ci\u003eMirabilia\u003c\/i\u003e, namely §§ 78–151, for the most part deals with historiographical material, with many of its entries having some relationship to ancient Greek historians of the 4th and 3rd centuries BC. The chapters in this volume discuss various aspects of this portion of the text, including textual issues involving toponyms; possible structural principles behind the organization of this section; the passages on Theopompus and Timaeus; mythography; the philosopher Heracleides of Pontos; Homeric exegesis; and the interrelationship between pseudo-Plutarch’s \u003ci\u003eOn Rivers\u003c\/i\u003e, a section of the historian Stobaeus’ \u003ci\u003eGeography\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eMirabilia\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistoriography and Mythography in the Aristotelian Mirabilia is an invaluable resource for scholars and students of this text, and of Greek philosophy, historiography, and literature more broadly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54236891545944,"sku":"9781032569505","price":198.4,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781032569505.jpg?v=1768379443","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/historiography-and-mythography-in-the-aristotelian-mirabilia","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}