Herodotus and the Nine Muses

jk149 · Post by **jk149** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 3:59 pm

This isn't a Greek Language question, but related.

The nine books of Herodotus' Histories were named after the nine muses sometime after his death. Does anyone know which book corresponds with which muse? I haven't had any luck finding an answer.

Thanks.

auctor · Post by **auctor** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 6:27 pm

From the Oxford Classical Dictionary
"The clumsy division of the work into nine "Muses" is some librarian's fancy: Herodotus himself cross-refers to this or that λόγος"
However the O Dict. of Classical Literature ventures that it could have been Alexandrian editors.
That's all I can see without further research, sorry.

Paul

Moerus · Post by **Moerus** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 7:52 pm

You can see the names of the books (Muses) at

http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/h/h4/

Greetings,

Philippos