@inbook{Zournatzi_2019, title={Travels in the East with Herodotus and the Persians: Herodotus (4.36.2-45) on the geography of Asia}, ISBN={9786008977872}, archiveLocation={Τομέας Ελληνικής και Ρωμαϊκής Αρχαιότητας - Επιστημονικό έργο}, url={https://hdl.handle.net/10442/16851}, abstractNote={This paper considers a description of Asia in the work of Herodotus—a description that quite evidently further had implications for the manner in which this Greek historian perceived the shape and order of magnitude of the territories of Europe and Asia, as well as the overall form of the ‘inhabited’ world (oikoumenē). It supports the idea of a close affinity of Herodotus’ views in this instance with ancient Persian ways of looking at the world. Indications that Herodotus’ picture of Asia—and hence, his views about the form of the ‘inhabited’ world that are based upon this picture—must emanate from official Persian definitions of their realm derive, on the one hand, from the general coincidence of Herodotus’ Asia with Persian territorial realities, and on the other hand, from significant convergences that can be traced between Herodotus’ representation of the Asiatic continent and the Persians’ own perceptions and representations of their imperial domain.}, booktitle={Afarin Nameh. Essays on the Archaeology of Iran in Honour of Mehdi Rahbar}, publisher={The Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RICHT)}, author={Zournatzi, Antigoni}, editor={Yousef Moradi, with the assistance of Susan CantanEditor}, year={2019}, month={Aug}, pages={13–24} }