books by Herodotus

books by Herodotus

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Herodotus

Herodotus

Penguin Classics, 2003

Father of History
This book is required for anyone interested in historiography or history generally. I will keep my comments brief: 1. One of the first known writing of history. 2. A comprehensive study of the then known world (though there are errors and problems in it). 3. All ...

Herodotus: The Histories (Penguin Classics)

Herodotus

Penguin Classics, 1996

Fact, Fiction, and Political Insight
Herodotus (c. 485 BC-427 BC)was one of the first if not the first Western historian. His book titled THE HISTORIES is a collage of historical accounts, social and political commentary, plus geography. Herodotus'work contains exaggerations and misconceptions, but he ...

The Histories (Oxford World's Classics)

Herodotus

Oxford University Press, USA, 1998

Fun book
This is great, fun book to read. This is a book you can read for enjoyment. I was reluctant to read it because I assumed it would be difficult because it was written around 425 BC. I assumed because it was ancient it would be difficult to read. That was wrong. It's a ...

HISTORIES, THE - KINDLE EDITION [ENG]

Classics-Unbound, 2008

Buy this version
Since there are other reviews of Heroditus' The Histories, I won't add to the list concerning an excellent classic. What I can comment on is the quality of the Kindle version. Having downloaded two copies of the Histories in the same day, I found this version to be ...

The History

Herodotus

University Of Chicago Press, 1988

If you want to understand how strange Herodotus really is. . .
this is to my mind the only translation for you. Herodotus was not a historian; rather, he was an inquirer, and a displayer of inquiry. I've never read another translation that captures the profound uncertainty about the operation of the universe that radiates from ...

The Histories (Oxford World's Classics)
Herodotus

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

"The father of history," as Cicero called him, and a writer possessed of remarkable narrative gifts, enormous scope, and considerable charm, Herodotus has always been beloved by readers well-versed in the classics. Compelled by his desire to "prevent the traces of human events from being erased by time," Herotodus recounts the incidents ...

On the War for Greek Freedom: Selections from the Histories
Herodotus

Hackett Publishing Company, 2003

Designed for students with little or no background in ancient Greek language, history, and culture, this new abridgment presents those selections that comprise Herodotus? historical narrative. These are meticulously annotated, and supplemented with a chronology of the Archaic Age, Historical Epilogue, glossary of main characters and places, index ...

The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories

Herodotus

Pantheon, 2007

A fantastic work
Wow! I can't believe I actually read this entire book...and thought doing so was really cool! To be sure, looking up each footnote slowed the reading down considerably, making reading more than 15 pages an effort, but on the other hand, knowing where all the ...

The Histories (Everyman's Library)

Herodotus

Everyman's Library, 1997

The father of History is also a good historian
The Histories is sheer ecstasy and emotion, and the reader is kept attentive trough the many fascinating histories narrated by Herodotus, always keen on given the reader the most accurate version to the many stories he was told regarding some important issue. By this ...

Herodotus: The Histories : New Translation, Selections, Backgrounds, Commentaries (Norton Critical Editions)

Herodotus, Walter Blanco

W. W. Norton & Company, 1992

A short moral history of the West
Often called "the father of history" Herodotus wrote the history of the Persian Wars more than one thousand years ago. The Persian Wars were a series of wars between the Powerful Persian empires of Xerxes and Darius and a handful of Greek cities, most notably Athens ...

The Histories (Barnes & Noble Classics)

Herodotus

Barnes & Noble Classics, 2005

From Great Authors are Great Books apt to come forth!
This is the first time that I ever studied Herodotus. Nevertheless, Donald Lateiner's excellent introduction allowed even a novice like me to gain an understanding of the marvelous world which Herodotus describes, of the historian himself and of his methods, and of the ...

The Histories of Herodotus (Complete)

LeClue 22, 2008

A very entertaining book full of amusing stories antidotes and observations. Some true and some Mythical. So much more then a history book its really a historical novel as the author invented dialogue for the historical figures. It?s for this reason that the text is sometimes called ?The Book of Lies? by more exacting historians.. this book is the ...

The Histories (Oxford World's Classics)

Herodotus

Oxford University Press, USA, 1998

I'd level my best corn field to find a copy!
Right on, David Wilson, I couldn't agree more! Although the reader who expects straight history would be better off with Thucydides, those interested in the culture, folklore, and ambience of classical Greece would do well to read this immensely engaging and ...

The Persian Wars, I: Books 1-2 (Loeb Classical Library)

Herodotus

Loeb Classical Library, 1920

No series captures Herodotus like Loeb (forget Penguin!).
Designed with both the amateur and the professional classicist in mind the Loeb series captures Herodotus (and all the other authors I have read) better than any other series. Unlike other publishers (for example Penguin) the Loeb seems truer to the original Greek, ...

Herodotus: Histories Book IX (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics)
Herodotus

Cambridge University Press, 2003

Book IX of Herodotus' Histories is the conclusive climax to his work, as the victories at Plataea and Mycale complete the improbable Greek victory over Persia. This English commentary treats Herodotus' work as historical narrative and as literature, incorporating the results of recent scholarly research in Greek history and historiography. It ...