This paper examines aspects of Dionysius of Halicarnassus’s reception of Herodotus, including his use of ethnographic polarity and his assessment of Herodotean scope and unity, to argue that Dionysius’s adulation of Herodotus is related to his own articulation of nascent Roman imperialism. In particular, Dionysius’s response to Herodotus’s variegated but monolithic narrative is connected to a rhetoric of empire germane to his own interests as a critic and historian. I first recall some contours of Dionysius’s admiration of Herodotus and the consistency of purpose expressed across Dionysius’s corpus, before analyzing his ethnographic spin on Roman history. Later, Dionysius’s use in On Demosthenes of a speech by Xerxes is read as reinforcing some of the imperial themes of his own work, including the emphasis on a global rhetoric that replays the Greek repulse of a barbarian foe.

本文考察了哈利卡纳苏斯对狄俄尼修斯对希罗多德的接受，包括他对人种志极性的使用以及对希罗多德的范围和统一性的评估，认为狄俄尼修斯对希罗多德的热爱与他自己对新生的罗马帝国主义的表达有关。尤其是狄奥尼修斯对希罗多德的多变但整体的叙事的回应与帝国主义言论有关，后者与他作为评论家和历史学家的兴趣息息相关。在分析他对罗马历史的人种学旋转之前，我首先回顾狄奥尼修斯对希罗多德的钦佩，以及狄奥尼修斯的语料表达的目的的一致性。后来，狄奥尼修斯（Dionysius）在《论鬼怪》中使用 Xerxes演讲的内容被理解为强化了他本人作品的一些帝国主题，包括强调了一种全球性的措辞，重述了希腊对野蛮敌人的排斥。