caa a22 4500 378906690 CHVBK 20180305123531.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161128e20040304xx s 000 0 ger 10.1515/fabl.2004.010 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)gruyter-10.1515/fabl.2004.010 Cohen Ivan M Herodotus and the Story of Gyges: Traditional Motifs in Historical Narrative [Elektronische Daten] [Ivan M . Cohen] This paper suggests that the Greek historian Herodotus constructed his account of Gyges ascent to the Lydian throne by using narrative motifs drawn from both the Greek and nonGreek storytelling traditions. These motifs serve to introduce a number of themes that are basic to his work as a whole, including the image of the eastern despot, the characteristics of the tyrant, and the dramatic nature of historical events. Copyright © 2004 by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG Fabula Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG 45/1-2(2004-03-04), 55-68 0014-6242 45:1-2<55 2004 45 fabl https://doi.org/10.1515/fabl.2004.010 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1515/fabl.2004.010 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Cohen Ivan M NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Fabula Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG 45/1-2(2004-03-04), 55-68 0014-6242 45:1-2<55 2004 45 fabl CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-gruyter