The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories

by: Strassler, R.B.

Price: 39,00 EURO

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Herodotus was a Greek historian living in Ionia during the fifth century B.C.E. He traveled extensively through the lands of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea and collected stories, and then recounted his experiences with the varied people and cultures he encountered. Cicero called him "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 that harks back to the time of oral tradition, Herodotus set a standard for narrative nonfiction that continues to this day." "In The Histories, Herodotus chronicles the rise of the Persian Empire and its dramatic war with the Greek city-states. Within that story he includes rich veins of anthropology, ethnography, geology, and geography, pioneering these fields of study, and explores such universal themes as the nature of freedom, the role of religion, the human costs of war, and the dangers of absolute power." "Ten years in the making, The Landmark Herodotus gives us a new translation by Andrea L. Purvis that makes this work of literature more accessible than ever before. Illustrated, annotated, and filled with maps, this edition also includes an introduction by Rosalind Thomas and twenty-one appendices written by scholars at the top of their fields, covering such topics as Athenian government, Egypt, Scythia, Persian arms and tactics, the Spartan state, oracles, religion, tyranny, and women.

Introduction / Rosalind Thomas
Editor's preface / Robert B. Strassler
Translator's preface / Andrea L. Purvis
Dated outline of text
Key to maps
Book One. Proem ; reign of Croesus of Lydia : conquers Greeks in Asia, defeated by Cyrus ; Life story of Cyrus
Book Two. Egyptian customs and society ; History of Egypt : Min to Sethos
Book Three. Reign of Cambyses, conquest of Egypt ; Spartans make war on Polykrates of Samos ; Magi revolt, reign of Smerdis ; reign of Darius
Book Four. Description of Scythia and Scythians ; Darius' expedition to Scythia ; Libya and the Persians
Book Five. Darius' European campaign : Hellespont, Thrace ; the Ionian Revolt
Book Six. Kleomenes King of Sparta, Aegina, Athens ; Marathon campaign
Book Seven. Xerxes' preparations and march to Greece ; Maneuvers in the north, Battle of Thermopylae
Book Eight. Naval battles off Artemision ; Battle of Salamis
Book Nine. Battle of Plataea ; Battle of Mycale
Appendices. The Athenian government in Herodotus / Peter Krentz
The Spartan state in war and peace / Paul Cartledge
The account of Egypt : Herodotus right and wrong / Alan B. Lloyd
Herodotean geography / James Romm
Herodotus and the Black Sea region / Everett L. Wheeler
Rivers and peoples of Scythia / Everett L. Wheeler
The continuity of steppe culture / Everett L. Wheeler
The Ionian Revolt / George L. Cawkwell
Classical Greek religious festivals / Gregory Crane
Ancient Greek units of currency, weight, and distance / Thomas R. Martin
Dialect and ethnic groups in Herodotus / William F. Wyatt
Aristocratic families in Herodotus / Carolyn Higbie
Herodotus on Persia and the Persian Empire / Christopher Tuplin
Hoplite warfare in Herodotus / John W.I. Lee
The Persian army in Herodotus / John W.I. Lee
Oracles, religion, and politics in Herodotus / Donald Lateiner
Herodotus and the poets / Andrew Ford
The size of Xerxes' expeditionary force / Michael A. Flower
Trireme warfare in Herodotus / Nicolle Hirschfeld
Tyranny in Herodotus / Carolyn Dewald
On women and marriage in Herodotus / Carolyn Dewald

Subjects:
Alter Orient
Greece
Greece History To 146 B.C
Greek World history
Grèce Histoire Jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C
Herodotus
Histoire ancienne
History
History, Ancient
Perserkriege
Quelle
To 146 B.C

The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories

by: Strassler, R.B.

• ISBN-13: 9780375421099 / 978-0-375-42109-9
• ISBN-03: 0375421092 / 0-375-42109-2
• Pantheon Books, New York, 2007

Price: 39,00 EURO

1 copy in stock