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Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:
Introduction -- The ancient Near Eastern data -- The so-called "evidence" -- Herodotos -- Mylitta and Mulissu -- In the footsteps of Herodotos : Lucian and "Jeremiah" -- Pindar fragment 122 -- Strabo, confused and misunderstood -- Klearkhos, Justinus, and Valerius Maximus -- Archaeological "evidence" from Italy -- The early Christian rhetoric -- Last myths