«In King Cambyses’ Vein»: Reconsidering the Relationship between Thomas Preston’s Cambises and Herodotus

«In King Cambyses’ Vein»: Reconsidering the Relationship between Thomas Preston’s Cambises and Herodotus

The relationship between Thomas Preston’s early Elizabethan tragedy Cambises (printed 1569) and the Book III of Herodotus’ Histories has often been downplayed, owing to the lack of printed editions or translations of Herodotus in England at the time and the much more evident connection between the t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Francesco Dall'Olio
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: LED Edizioni Universitarie 2020-12-01
Series:Erga-Logoi
Subjects:
cambyses
johannes carion
classical reception
herodotus
persian empire
thomas preston
richard taverner
tyranny – cambise
erodoto
impero persiano
ricezione dei classici
tirannide.
Online Access:https://www.ledonline.it/index.php/Erga-Logoi/article/view/2062

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