Herodotean Soundings: The Cambyses Logos

This volume is dedicated to the logos of Cambyses at the beginning of Book 3 in Herodotus' Histories, one of the few sources on the Persian conquest of Egypt that has not yet been exhaustively explored in its complexity. The contributions of this volume deal with the motivations and narrative strategies behind Herodotus' characterization of the Persian king but also with the geopolitical background of Cambyses' conquest of Egypt as well as the reception of the Cambyses logos by later ancient authors. "Herodotean Soundings: The Cambyses Logos" exemplifies how a multidisciplinary approach can contribute significantly to a better understanding of a complex work such as Herodotus' Histories.

About the Author

Prof. Dr. Andreas Schwab ist W3-Professor für Klassische Philologie, insbesondere Gräzistik, und DFG-Heisenberg-Professor am Institut für Klassische Altertumskunde an der Universität Kiel. Dr. Alexander Schütze ist akademischer Rat auf Zeit am Institut für Ägyptologie und Koptologie der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.