Once again “the Scythian” myth of origins (Herodotus 4.5–10)
Far from being authorless texts, eternal truths, and the authentic voice of the Volk (as Romantic theories have it), myths are narratives that disguise both their authorship and their tendentious nature. The two variants of “the” Scythian origin myth preserved in Herodotus 4.5–6 and 4.8–10 provide a...
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Septentrio Academic Publishing
2014-11-01
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| Series: | Nordlit: Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur |
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| Online Access: | https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3188 |