A Historical Commentary on Herodotus Book 6 (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum) (Bk. 6)

This Volume Offers A Historical And Factual Commentary On Herodotus Book 6. The Introductory Discussions Include One On The Background To The Ionian Revolt And The Role Of Histiaeus. The Commentary Aims To Assess The Reality Behind Herodotus' Text: The Revolt And Its Aftermath; The Various Aspects Of Spartan Affairs In The Middle Of The Book; Datis' Invasion Of Eretria And Attica; And Miltiades' Expedition The Following Year. Material That Cannot Conveniently Be Dealt With In The Commentary Itself, And A Number Of Related Topics That Merit Consideration, Are Considered In A Series Of Appendices. These Include Discussions Of Cleomenes' Madness In Relation To His Activities In Arcadia, And The Argive Reaction To His Victory At Sepeia.--book Jacket. By Lionel Scott. Includes Bibliography (p. [665]-684) And Indexes. Preface 7 Acknowledgements 11 Transliterations & Abbreviations 13 Introductions 15 Reading Herodotus for the History 15 The Ionian Revolt 51 A Note on the Text 87 Other Accounts of the Events in Book 6 89 Commentary 93 Appendices 469 Appendix 1 Chronology of Book 6 471 Appendix 2 Naval Matters 480 Appendix 3 The Persian Navy and Army 493 Appendix 4 Travel Times 502 Appendix 5 Darius' Family 505 Appendix 6 The Oracle(s) of §§19 and 77 509 Appendix 7 The Locations of Κοîλα and Πολíχνη 516 Appendix 8 The Oracles to the Dolonci and Miltiades, §§34–5 521 Appendix 9 The Implications of Keeping Racehorses 527 Appendix 10 The Problems of §40 536 Appendix 11 The Political Changes in Ionia after the Revolt 547 Appendix 12 Chronology for Athens and Aegina and Related Events 560 Appendix 13 Feeding the King and the Spartan Quart 567 Appendix 14 Cleomenes in Arcadia (and after): Sane or Mad? 572 Appendix 15 Problems in the Argos Narrative, §§76–84 585 Appendix 16 Pheidon(s) of Argos, §127.3 603 Appendix 17 Marathon 611 Appendix 18 Miltiades' Expedition to Paros 644 Appendix 19 Stemma for the Pisistratids 662 Appendix 20 Stemma for the Philaids/Cimonids 663 Appendix 21 Stemma for the Alcmaeonids 664 Appendix 22 Stemmata for the Spartan Royal Houses 665 Appendix 23 The Inachos Stemma: the Mythology of §§47, 53, 78, 80 666 Maps 667 Map 1 Ionia 669 Map 2 Miletus area 670 Map 3 Magna Graeca 671 Map 4 Chios 672 Map 5 Chersonese 673 Map 6 Thrace 674 Map 7 Central Greece and Peloponnese 675 Map 8 Aegean Islands 676 Map 9 Attica and Euboea 677 Map 10 Marathon 678 Bibliography 679 Index 1: Herodotean words and phrases 699 Index 2: Citations 701 Index 3: General Index 717 Annotation This volume offers a historical and factual commentary on Herodotus book 6. The introductory discussions include one on the background to the Ionian revolt and the role of Histiaeus. The commentary aims to assess the reality behind Herodotus'text: the revolt and its aftermath; the various aspects of Spartan affairs in the middle of the book; Datis' invasion of Eretria and Attica; and Miltiades' expedition the following year. Material that cannot conveniently be dealt with in the commentary itself, and a number of related topics that merit consideration, are considered in a series of appendices. These include discussions of Cleomenes' madness in relation to his activities in Arcadia, and the Argive reaction to his victory at Sepeia This is a historical and factual commentary on Herodotus book 6, which aims to assess the reality behind Herodotus' account of the years from the Ionian revolt to Miltiades' death. Further related material is discussed in a series of appendices