1. Cf. Kleingiinther 1933 and Shimron 1973, pp. 45-51.
2. E.g. by Wolff 1963, p. 340.
3. Dewald 1987. My views on Herodotus are much indebted to Dewald paper. 4. C£ also Wolff 1963, p. 337: "Thus the prophetic knowledge of history must first of all be understood as knowledge of history from the point of view of the future." " [Emphasis his.] 5. For a translation of Sennacherib own version of the event, c£ Pritchard 1955, pp. 287-288. I owe this reference to my colleague John Hamilton.
6. Momigliano 1977, p. 195.
7. For a recent appreciation of the originality of Herodotus, cf. Meier 1987.
8. For general studies of oracles in Herodotus cf. Crahay 1956 and especially Kirchberc 1965. 9. Waters 1985, pp. 106-107. 10. Wolff 1963, p. 341.
11. Meier 1987, pp. 51-52. 12. Detienne 1981, p. 22, referring not to divine prognosis but to human foresight as a component of'tÍJXl1.
