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Author : Aubrey De Sélincourt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Greece
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041439741
Author : Herodotus
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521878715
One of the most important works of history in Western literature, by the freshest and liveliest of all classical Greek prose authors, Herodotus's Histories is also a key text for the study of ancient Greece and the Persian Empire. Covering a central and widely studied period of Greek history, Book V not only describes the revolt of the east Greeks against their Persian masters, which led to the great Persian Wars of 490-479 BC, but also provides fascinating material about the mainland Greek states in the sixth century BC. This is an up-to-date edition of and commentary on the Greek text of the book, providing extensive help with the Greek, basic historical information and clear maps, as well as lucid and insightful historical and literary interpretation of the text. The volume is suitable for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, teachers and scholars.
Author : Aubrey De Sélincourt
Publisher : London, Secker
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Greece
ISBN : 0758196881
Author : Philip S. Peek
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-04
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780806162560
History begins with Herodotus (485–425 b.c.e.). Born in Halikarnassos, a gateway between the Greek and Persian worlds, Herodotus in his Histories narrates the great historical struggle between the Persian Empire and the Greek-speaking city-states at the dawn of the classical era. Herodotus does not merely list events or tell tales; his history inquires into the causes of events and casts its net wide to include ethnography and legend as well as political and military history. Book V of the Histories focuses on the Persians and their expansion into Thrakia and Makedonia, as well as their conflict with the Greeks of Ionia. Beginning in the timeless legends of prehistory, Herodotus discusses the customs of the Thrakians, offers insight into Sparta’s mindset, and narrates the struggle to restore democracy at Athens after the reign of the tyrant Peisistratos. The narrative of Book V sprawls over Asia, Africa, and Europe, naming more than 350 people and places. The reader will find in Herodotus a literate, keenly observant, wide-ranging guide to a time when Persia ruled 40 percent of the world's population and was confronted by an uneasy and fragile alliance of Greek city-states. In his introduction to the text and commentary, author Philip S. Peek outlines a process by which students of ancient Greek can develop translation and reading skills. For students’ convenience, Peek pairs the Greek text with the commentary and includes in the book’s appendices a case and function chart, an explanation of infinitives, a summary of the subjunctive and optative moods, a list of parsing terms, and a list of the 500 most commonly occurring Greek words. A comprehensive glossary rounds out the volume. As further aids to students, running vocabulary for each text section and a generalized list of the principal parts of verbs can be downloaded from oupress.com.
Author : Herodotus
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
Page : 849 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-17
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780199535668
Originally published: Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Author : François Hartog
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520264236
"The best book to come out on Herodotus in years."—G. E. R. Lloyd, King's College Cambridge
Author : Herodotus,James Romm
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781624661150
This volume includes a wealth of helpful footnotes; more than a dozen maps and illustrations; a chronology of the Archaic Age; a glossary of main characters, places, and terms; suggested further reading; and an index of proper nouns.
Author : Alan B. Lloyd
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9004041826
Author : Herodotus
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781681462967
Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian who lived in the fifth century BC (c.484 - 425 BC). He has been called the "Father of History", and was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent and arrange them in a well-constructed and vivid narrative. The Histories-his masterpiece and the only work he is known to have produced-is a record of his "inquiry", being an investigation of the origins of the Greco-Persian Wars and including a wealth of geographical and ethnographical information. The Histories, were divided into nine books, named after the nine Muses: the "Muse of History", Clio, representing the first book, then Euterpe, Thaleia, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Erato, Polymnia, Ourania and Calliope for books 2 to 9, respectively.
Author : Barry Cunliffe
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192551863
Brilliant horsemen and great fighters, the Scythians were nomadic horsemen who ranged wide across the grasslands of the Asian steppe from the Altai mountains in the east to the Great Hungarian Plain in the first millennium BC. Their steppe homeland bordered on a number of sedentary states to the south - the Chinese, the Persians and the Greeks - and there were, inevitably, numerous interactions between the nomads and their neighbours. The Scythians fought the Persians on a number of occasions, in one battle killing their king and on another occasion driving the invading army of Darius the Great from the steppe. Relations with the Greeks around the shores of the Black Sea were rather different - both communities benefiting from trading with each other. This led to the development of a brilliant art style, often depicting scenes from Scythian mythology and everyday life. It is from the writings of Greeks like the historian Herodotus that we learn of Scythian life: their beliefs, their burial practices, their love of fighting, and their ambivalent attitudes to gender. It is a world that is also brilliantly illuminated by the rich material culture recovered from Scythian burials, from the graves of kings on the Pontic steppe, with their elaborate gold work and vividly coloured fabrics, to the frozen tombs of the Altai mountains, where all the organic material - wooden carvings, carpets, saddles and even tattooed human bodies - is amazingly well preserved. Barry Cunliffe here marshals this vast array of evidence - both archaeological and textual - in a masterful reconstruction of the lost world of the Scythians, allowing them to emerge in all their considerable vigour and splendour for the first time in over two millennia.
Author : Jeanne Bendick
Publisher : Bethlehem Books
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781932350203
Best-selling author Jeanne Bendick takes us for another informative—and amusing—journey into places and events of long ago. Herodotus and the Road to History, written in the first person, details the investigative journeys of Herodotus—a contemporary of the Old Testament prophet Malachi—as he takes ship from Greece and voyages to the limits of his own ancient world. His persistence, amidst disbelief and ridicule, in the self-appointed task of recording his discoveries as “histories” (the Greek word meaning “inquiry”), means that today we can still follow his expeditions into the wonder and mystery of Syria, Persia, Egypt and the “barbaric” north. Jeanne Bendick's lucid text, humorous illustrations and helpful maps entertain and instruct as they open the way for readers young and old to once again join Herodotus . . . on the road to history.
Author : Herodotus
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066464400
Herodotus, the great Greek historian, wrote this famous history of warfare between the Greeks and the Persians in a delightful style. Herodotus portrays the dispute as one between the forces of slavery on the one hand and freedom on the other. This work covers the rise of the Persian influence and a history of the Persian empire, a description and history of Egypt, and a long digression on the landscape and traditions of Scythia. Because of the comprehensiveness of this work, it was considered the founding work of history in Western literature. A must-have for history enthusiasts.
Author : Herodotus
Publisher : Double 9 Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9358019905
"The History of Herodotus" is a landmark work of ancient Greek literature, written by the historian Herodotus in the fifth century BCE. The first volume of the book begins with an overview of the geography and history of the Persian Empire, including the reign of Cyrus the Great and the rise of the Persian Empire. Herodotus also provides detailed accounts of the customs and traditions of the various peoples and cultures he encountered in his travels, including the Egyptians, Scythians, and Babylonians. One of the most famous and important sections of the book is Herodotus' account of the Battle of Marathon, which he describes in vivid detail. The battle took place in 490 BCE and was a decisive victory for the Athenian army over the invading Persian forces. Throughout the book, Herodotus emphasizes the importance of historical inquiry and the value of understanding the events of the past in order to better understand the present.
Author : Herodotus
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 1026 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400031146
“The most densely annotated, richly illustrated, and user friendly edition” of the greatest classical work of history ever written (Daniel Mendelsohn, The New Yorker)—from the editor of the widely praised The Landmark Thucydides. Cicero called Herodotus "the father of history," and his only work, The Histories, is considered the first true piece of historical writing in Western literature. With lucid prose, Herodotus's account of the rise of the Persian Empire and its dramatic war with the Greek city sates set a standard for narrative nonfiction that continues to this day. Illustrated, annotated, and filled with maps—with an introduction by Rosalind Thomas, twenty-one appendices written by scholars at the top of their fields, and a new translation by Andrea L. Purvis—The Landmark Herodotus is a stunning edition.
Author : Herodotus
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
Page : 772 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 1853264660
This work comprises the first western historical writing. It provides a history of the then known world, and provides answers to questions such as: why did Pheidippides run from Marathon to Athens and why did Leonides and the Spartans comb their hair before the battle of Thermopylae.
