The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Landmark Herodotus Chronicles the rise of the Achaemenid Persian Empire and its war with the Greek city-states. This book also recounts the experiences of Herodotus of Halicarnassus, an adventurous Ionian Greek with the varied peoples and cultures he had encountered during his journey.
Full description- Publisher: Quercus Publishing Plc
- Published: 04 September 2008
- Format: Hardback 1024 pages
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- Categories: European History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation
- ISBN 13: 9781847246868 ISBN 10: 1847246869
- Sales rank: 48,604
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Full description for The Landmark Herodotus
In the 5th century BC an adventurous Ionian Greek, Herodotus of Halicarnassus, journeyed extensively through the lands of the eastern Mediterranean, from Egypt to Asia Minor, collecting tales of the upheavals that had afflicted the region in the earlier part of the century. The fruits of his wanderings were "The Histories", in which he used his narrative gifts not only to chronicle the rise of the Achaemenid Persian Empire and its war with the Greek city-states, but also to recount his experiences with the varied peoples and cultures he had encountered during his journey. Herodotus earned the nickname 'the father of history' for this, the first authentic work of historical writing in the Western literary canon.In it he explored such universal themes as the nature of freedom, the role of religion, the human costs of war, and the dangers of absolute power. But in addition to his narrative of the Greek-Persian conflict, he included in "The Histories" rich seams of anthropology, ethnography, geology, and geography, pioneering these fields of study. Successful navigation of this sprawling, monumental work requires an understanding of ancient geography and events that will often be unfamiliar to the modern reader.Ten years in the making, Robert Strassler's magisterial new edition of "The Histories" is amplified by a veritable battery of editorial features - illustrations, maps, annotations, explanatory synopses, and state-of-the-art appendices on such critical themes as Athenian government, Egypt, Persian weaponry and tactics, oracles, religion tyranny and the position of women - that makes Herodotus' masterpiece more comprehensible, more accessible, even more enjoyable than ever before. "The Landmark Herodotus" is the definitive edition of a Western cultural milestone. It belongs on the bookshelf of every literate individual.
