Herodotus: Histories Book VIII

by: Bowie, A.M.

The Battle of Salamis was the first great (and unexpected) victory of the Greeks over the Persian forces under Xerxes, whose defeat had important consequences for the subsequent history and self-image of Europe. This battle forms the centre-piece of book VIII of Herodotus' Histories. The book also illuminates Greek views of themselves and of peoples from the East, the problematic relationships between different Greek states in the face of the invasion, and the role of the divine in history. This introduction and commentary pays particular attention to the history and culture of Achaemenid Persia and the peoples of its empire. It offers much help with the language of the text (which has been prepared for ease of reading), and deals with major literary and historical questions. It will be of especial use to intermediate and advanced Greek students, but also provides up-to-date scholarly materials for graduate students and professional classicists.
 

Dumbarton Oaks Papers No. 60, Index Nos. 51-60, 2006

by: Talbot, A.-M.

• ISBN-13: 9780884023166
• ISBN-03: 0884023168
• Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., 2007

Index Lysiacus

by: Holmes, D.H.

• Adolf. M. Hakkert, Amsterdam, 1965

Early Hellenistic Portraiture : Image, Style, Context

by: Schultz, P. von den Hoff, R.

• ISBN-13: 9780521866590 / 978-0-521-86659-0
• ISBN-03: 0521866596 / 0-521-86659-6
• Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2007

The Search for the Ancient Novel

by: Tatum, J.

• ISBN-13: 9780801846212
• ISBN-03: 0801846218
• The John Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 1994

The Arts of Orpheus

by: Linforth, I.M.

• ISBN-13: 9780405048470
• ISBN-03: 0405048475
• Arno Press, New York, 1973

Herodotus: Histories Book VIII

by: Bowie, A.M.

• ISBN-13: 9780521575713 / 978-0-521-57571-3
• ISBN-03: 0521575710 / 0-521-57571-0
• Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2007

The Axones and Kyrbeis of Drakon and Solon

by: Stroud, R.

• ISBN-03: 0520095901
• University of California Press, Berkeley, 1979

Mithridate Eupator: Roi de Pont

by: Reinach, Th.

• , Paris, 1890

Singing for the Gods: Performances of Myth and Ritual in Archaic and Classical Greece

by: Kowalzig, B.

• ISBN-13: 9780199219964
• Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007