Abstract
This chapter assesses the impact of Herodotus' account of the Persian Wars in the Hellenistic period. Firstly, it discusses the assimilation of the invasion of Greece by the Gauls in the third century to Xerxes' invasion in the fifth, and highlights some of the difficulties involved in isolating Hellenistic reactions to Herodotus on the Persian Wars. It then examines the testimony of Timaeus of Tauromenium on Gelon's involvement in the Persian Wars. This example hints at marked regional differences in the way the Histories were read; Herodotus' treatment of the Persian War theme helps to explain the controversy over Histories as much as its popularity. A final section argues that Herodotus' opening chapters on the origin of the Persian Wars provide an important interpretative frame for later writers dealing with the theme of East-West hostilities, including Apollonius of Rhodes and Lycophron.
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