Analogy, polarity and morality in Scythian Hippake: Reflections on Herodotus, Histories 4.2
This paper has two principal purposes. First, in section 1, I offer some very general points about how we may best understand Greek treatments of Scythian themes. It is argued that the tendency to stress the difference (even polarity) between Greeks and Scythians should be balanced and at least...
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| Date: | 2018 |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Інститут археології НАН України
2018
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| Series: | Археологія і давня історія України |
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| Online Access: | http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/handle/123456789/162271 |
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| Journal Title: | Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine |
| Cite this: | Analogy, polarity and morality in Scythian Hippake: Reflections on Herodotus, Histories 4.2 / D. Braund // Археологія і давня історія України: Зб. наук. пр. — К.: ІА НАН України, 2018. — Вип. 2 (27). — С. 427-433. — Бібліогр.: 24 назв. — англ. |
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Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine| Summary: | This paper has two principal purposes. First, in section
1, I offer some very general points about how we may
best understand Greek treatments of Scythian themes.
It is argued that the tendency to stress the difference
(even polarity) between Greeks and Scythians should be
balanced and at least contextualised by consideration
of similarities and analogies too. In the second part, it
is argued in detail that the milking of horses was by no means strange to Greeks, even though Greeks made
much less use of horse milk, and preferred to consume it in liquid form and not as cheese (hippake). |
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