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GOULD, J., Herodotus. Weidenfels and Nicolson, London, 1989. 164p. Paperback. Yellowed. Series: Historians on Historians. 'Gould has written a shot book, but it is an excellent introduction to the subject. As the series title suggests, it is written from the point of view of an historian, but rather than trying to establish what might be 'true' or 'false' in H., G. considers how the work was constructed, and how historians might interpret it. (...) G. approaches Herodotus the man through Persian eyes. Virtually nothing can be certainly said about him, but by using contemporary evidence, G. is able to describe the social and intellectual world in which he must have lived. G. brings in consideration of recent history and geography, the state of Ionian philosophy, the possibilities of travel, cautious assessments of the political situation in Halikarnassos, and so on, to provide us with a framework to which we can relate any interpretation of his work. He is careful, in his use of evidence, not to put more weight on ancient traditions than they can bear, remaining deliberately vague on chronology (p.17), and this makes the conclusions he reaches all the more convincing.' (HUGH BOWDEN in The Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1992, pp0.182-83). € 16.00 (Antiquarian)