Abstract
To survey short stories in Herodotus is to survey his entire narrative, since short stories exhibit its more general features and are part of its structure. There is a need therefore to focus on their more distinctive qualities. The definition of short stories pursued in this chapter suggests a technique for the analysis of meaning: to identify the pattern through comparison with similar patterns, to consider the narrative shape, particularly anticipation and denouement to assess where the meaning lies, and through this to pursue the question of their relation to their contexts, and the experimental application of the technique focusing on these matters. Herodotus' conception of historical thought as embodied in traditional stories raises (rather than lowers) the level of reasoning [required of the reader]. The technique of analysis in terms of story patterns and narrative art is a systematic way of revealing their meaning. Keywords: Herodotus; historical thought; narrative art; short stories
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