Abstract
In Herodotus' History irony and orality appear in relation to each other. The lack of signals of irony in many passages can be explained if we consider that Herodotus had in mind a public reading of his work, in which prosody elements can serve as signal for the intended ironic interpretation. In turn, the passages analysed here present other elements of oral style, showing how Herodotus reproduces in them the oral style of his own sources. The irony appears to us as a stimulus for oral transmission.
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