Historiography and mythography in the Aristotelian Mirabilia

"This is the first full-length volume in English that focuses on the historiographical section of the Mirabilia or De mirabilibus auscultationibus (On Marvelous Things Heard), attributed to Aristotle but not in fact by him. The central section of the Mirabilia, namely 78-151, for the most part...

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Format: Tagungsbericht Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London ; New York Routledge 2024
Schriftenreihe:Rutgers University studies in classical humanities
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 1. Islands and their marvels as structural principles in the so-called historiographical section of the De mirabiles auscultationes
  • Irene Pajón Leyra; 2. Timaeus in pseudo-Aristotle's De mirabilibus auscultationibus
  • Stefan Schorn; 3. Pseudo-Aristotle, De mirabilibus auscultationibus 122-138 and Theopompos{u2019} Philippica
  • Pietro Zaccaria; 4. De mirabilibus auscultationibus and Heracleides of Pontos
  • Kelly Shannon-Henderson; 5. Myth, marvels, and De mirabilibus auscultationibus
  • Robin J. Greene; 6. Homer and Homeric exegesis in pseudo-Aristotle's De mirabilibus auscultationibus 115
  • Charles Delattre; 7. Suspicious toponyms in the De mirabilibus auscultationibus: Textual problems, "forgeries," and methodological issues
  • Ciro Giacomelli; 8. Pseudo-Plutarch{u2019}s On Rivers, the Mirabilia, Stobaeus 4.36, and paradoxographical literature
  • Søren Lund Sørensen