Herodotus, Universal History, and the Transformation of the Ancient World

• In Event: Reflections on Greek Politics and Poetics

Brief Overview

This paper seeks to trace the enormous and radical consequence that Herodotus Histories had upon the non-Greek civilizations of Mediterranean Africa and Mesopotamia in the aftermath of Alexander’s conquest and the Hellenization of the ancient world.

Author

• Edinson Oquendo, Castleton University