Herodotus: Histories (5) - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1789620155 ISBN 13 : 9781789620153

Editeur : Liverpool University Press, 2019

Synopsis

Herodotus is a colossus of ancient history, from whose major work the Histories, much of our knowledge of the Persian Wars and other events of the period derives. Writing in the third quarter of the fifth century B.C., he is the earliest Greek historian whose work survives and he was the first to produce an accomplished treatment of a major theme. Setting it in the context of conflict between Europe and Asia, Herodotus gives an account which traces the rise and expansion of the Persian empire and its dealings with the Greeks, and culminates in the Persians' unsuccessful invasions of Greece in 490 and 480-479 B.C. This is the first part to be included in the Aris & Phillips Classical Texts series of the Histories. Book V covers the beginning of the revolt of the Ionian Greeks against Persia in the 490s, with digressions on the history of Athens and Sparta at that time. As with other volumes in the series this volume comprises Introduction, Greek text with selective critical apparatus, English translation and a Commentary which focuses particularly on the history which Herodotus narrates, and how and why he narrates it as he does.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

P. J. Rhodes was Professor of Ancient History and is now Honorary Professor and Emeritus Professor at Durham University. He has edited and translated four volumes of Thucydides' Histories in the Aris & Phillips Classical Texts series, as well as two volumes on the Athenian Constitution. His many other publications include `Periclean Athens' (Bloomsbury, 2018) and `The Greek City States: A Source Book' (Cambridge University Press, 2007). He was President of the Classical Association from 2014-15 and was awarded the Chancellor's Medal, University of Durham, in 2015.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Liverpool University Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1789620155
• ISBN 13: 9781789620153
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 276
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