I. Reading Herodotus in Context 1. there was no Herodotus before Herodotus' 1.a. Treading in the footsteps of giants 1.b. Finding space in the study of Herodotus 1.b.

i. Herodotus' spaces, peoples, and places: the scholarly landscape 1.b.ii. Sharpening the lens: bringing focalization into play 1.c. Location, location, location: Herodotus' world and the dynamics of empire II. Herodotus' Sense of Place and Space 2.

Mapping out the World 2.a. Mapping the extremes 2.b. Filling in the broad canvas: continents and comparisons 2.c. Marching through the landscape: the geography of expeditions 2.d.

Trade, tourism, and theoria 2.e. The evocative list 3. Lines and Dots 3.a. Criss-crossing the narrative: rivers and the articulation of space 3.b. Fonts of rivers, spines of the land: mountains in Herodotus' landscape 3.

c. Islands 3.c.i. The specialness of being nesiotes 3.c.ii. Transformation and migration 3.

c.iii. The island as a commodity III. Giving Meaning to Space 4. Depth and Resonance 4.a. Wonderful world: works of nature, works of man 4.b.

The dimension of time: unlocking the mythical landscape 4.c. Collapsing spaces, parallel places 5. Geographical Morality 5.a. Good and bad control: modulating the moral landscape 5.b. Negotiating the rivers, moral barometers 5.

b.i. Walking on water: sailing over land 5.b.ii. Bridging rivers, bridging continents: crossing the great divide 5.b.iii.

Reaching the Promised Land: entering the Gardens of Midas IV. Grand Designs 6. The Conquest of Nature: Herodotus' 'Military Narrative' 6.a. The allure of beauty and the language of desire 6.b. The metaphor of conquest: slavery, rage, punishment, and subjugation 6.c.

Nature joins battle: opposition and alliance 6.d. (Mis)understanding the divine 7. Writing an Imperial Geography 7.a. Determining nature's will: stability or mobility 7.b. Thinking big: imperial designs and the problem of hybris 7.

c. Passion for power: a Persian paradigm? 7.d. Herodotus and the geography of dynamis Epilogue Endmatter References Subject Index Index of Passages Discussed.