The landmark Herodotus : the histories

From The Editor Of The Widely Praised The Landmark Thucydides, A New Landmark Edition Of The Histories By Herodotus.cicero Called Herodotus 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, Herodotus's Account Of The Rise Of The Persian Empire And Its Dramatic War With The Greek City Sates Set A Standard For Narrative Nonfiction That Continues To This Day. Illustrated, Annotated, And Filled With Maps—with An Introduction By Rosalind Thomas, Twenty-one Appendices Written By Scholars At The Top Of Their Fields, And A New Translation By Andrea L. Purvis—the Landmark Herodotus Is A Stunning Edition Of The Greatest Classical Work Of History Ever Written. From The Trade Paperback Edition. Introduction by Rosalind Thomas Editor’s Preface by Robert B. Strassler Translator’s Preface by Andrea L. Purvis Dated Outline of Text Key to Maps BOOK ONE BOOK TWO BOOK THREE BOOK FOUR BOOK FIVE BOOK SIX BOOK SEVEN BOOK EIGHT BOOK NINE Appendix A The Athenian Government in Herodotus Peter Krentz, Davidson College Appendix B The Spartan State in War and Peace Paul Cartledge, University of Cambridge Appendix C The Account of Egypt: Herodotus Right and Wrong Alan B. Lloyd, University of Wales Appendix D Herodotean Geography James Romm, Bard College Appendix E Herodotus and the Black Sea Region Everett L. Wheeler, Duke University Appendix F Rivers and Peoples of Scythia Everett L. Wheeler, Duke University Appendix G The Continuity of Steppe Culture Everett L. Wheeler, Duke University Appendix H The Ionian Revolt George L. Cawkwell, University College, Oxford Appendix I Classical Greek Religious Festivals Gregory Crane, Tufts University Appendix J Ancient Greek Units of Currency, Weight, and Distance Thomas R. Martin, College of the Holy Cross Appendix K Dialect and Ethnic Groups in Herodotus William F. Wyatt, Brown University Appendix L Aristocratic Families in Herodotus Carolyn Higbie, State University of New York, Buffalo Appendix M Herodotus on Persia and the Persian Empire Christopher Tuplin, University of Liverpool Appendix N Hoplite Warfare in Herodotus J. W I. Lee, University of California, Santa Barbara Appendix O The Persian Army in Herodotus J. W I. Lee, University of California, Santa Barbara Appendix P Oracles, Religion, and Politics in Herodotus Donald Lateiner, Ohio Wesleyan University Appendix Q Herodotus and the Poets Andrew Ford, Princeton University Appendix R The Size of Xerxes’ Expeditionary Force Michael A. Flower, Princeton University Appendix S Trireme Warfare in Herodotus Nicolle Hirschfeld, Trinity University Appendix T Tyranny in Herodotus Carolyn Dewald, Bard College Appendix U On Women and Marriage in Herodotus Carolyn Dewald, Bard College Glossary Ancient Sources Bibliography for the General Reader Figure Credits Reference Maps One of the earliest histories of the western world still extant, this gives a contemporary account of the Greco-Persian wars of the fifth century BCE with the rise of the Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great.