Religious Studies
Charlotte Schubert
Architexture
Monuments and the Structure of Historiography in Herodotus
Volume 9 (2023) / Issue 1,
pp. 6-19 (14)
Published 25.07.2023
In this paper, it is shown by means of a few examples that monuments can represent a (narratively) meaningful structuring element of historiographical method in Herodotus, enabling communication on a meta-level. The Egyptian labyrinth, the Ionian Panionion, but also the sanctuaries on the battlefields of Plataea and Mycale are such elements of a historiographical method in Herodotus to represent political unity, but also divine influence (and intervention) on human events.