We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Νόμος-φύσις en el diálogo entre Jerjes y Demarato (Hdt. 7.101-104).
- Authors
Javier BARRIONUEVO, Sergio
- Abstract
This article analyzes the dialogue between Xerxes and Demaratus in book VII of Herodotus' Historiae. The dialogue argues in defense of the supremacy of nomos. That is why many scholars consider this passage as an echo of the discussion around the antithesis nomos-physis, in which the defense of the supremacy of nomos can be thought as influenced by the political thought of Protagoras of Abdera. This paper intends to show that Herodotus' discourse runs as an "act of intellectual intervention" within the debate of φύσις-νόμος during the fifth century B. C. However, we do not think about the Historian influenced by Protagoras, but as his particular reception within nomos-physis discussion, in which Herodotus' position is antagonic towards Protagoras.
- Subjects
AVDHIRA (Greece); DEMARATUS, King of Sparta, 6th-5th century B.C.; XERXES I, King of Persia, 519 B.C.-465 or 4 B.C.; HERODOTUS, ca. 484 B.C.-425 B.C.; NOMOS (The Greek word); PHYSIS (The Greek word); PROTAGORAS; POLEMICS
- Publication
Nova Tellus, 2024, Vol 42, Issue 1, p25
- ISSN
0185-3058
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.19130/iifl.nt.2024.42.1/278500X0100SX032