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Document Details : Title: Herodotus' Median Chronology from a slightly different perspective Author(s): HENIGE, David Journal: Iranica Antiqua Volume: 39 Date: 2004 Pages: 239-248 DOI: 10.2143/IA.39.0.503897 Abstract : If we take the study of the past to be the pursuit of truths, however elusive, then we are limited to a number of strategies we can employ. Experience shows that a cautious approach involvs progressively circumscribing possibilties without necessarily embracing any one of them. In this respect, adopting a comparative approach is crucial, since it can transcend the need to argue in circles because of the exiguousness of the available localized evidence. Here I want to test this approach with respect to the perennial uestion of the reliability of Herodotus' Median Chronology. |
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