Product Description "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 preceding and following the Persian Wars. He gives us much more than military history, though, providing the fullest portrait of the classical world of the 5th and 6th centuries.
Translated by Robin Waterfield, a distinguished translator whose version of Plato's Republic has been described as `the best available', this readable new translation is supplemented with expansive notes to help the reader appreciate the book in depth.
About the Author Carolyn Dewald is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Southern California. Robin Waterfield is a distinguished translator whose version of Plato's Republic has been described as `the best available'.

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The Histories,Herodotus,Oxford University Press, Incorporated;Publishers Group Canada [Distributor]

The Histories (Oxford World's Classics)

Herodotus; with an introduction and notes by Donald Lateiner; translated by G.C. Macaulay and revised throughout by Donald Lateiner; George Stade, consulting editorial director

Herodotus; translated by Robin Waterfield; with an introduction and notes by Carolyn Dewald

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

German Historical Institute London

Barnes & Noble Classics

Fine Creative Media

Fine Communications

Penguin Classics

OUP Oxford

Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press), Oxford [England, 1998

Barnes & Noble classics, New York, New York State, 2004

Oxford world's classics, New York, NY, 2008, 1998

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Oxford University Press USA, Oxford, 2008

United States, United States of America

Oxford, New York, England, 2008

August 1, 2005

unknown, 2008

1890

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Originally published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [594]-739) and index.

<p><P><i>The Histories</i>, by Herodotus, is part of the <i>Barnes & Noble Classics</i><i> </i>series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of <i>Barnes & Noble Classics</i>&#58; <ul><li>New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars <li>Biographies of the authors <li>Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events <li>Footnotes and endnotes <li>Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work <li>Comments by other famous authors <li>Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations <li>Bibliographies for further reading <li>Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate</li></ul>All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. <i>Barnes & Noble Classics </i>pulls together a constellation of influences&#8212;biographical, historical, and literary&#8212;to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.<p>The world's first great narrative history, Herodotus's <i>The Histories</i> vividly describes how the Greeks&#8212;few in number, poor, and disunited&#8212;managed to repulse a massive invasion by the powerful Persian army in the 5th century b.c. This amazing upset victory changed the course of western civilization, as the cities that led the resistance&#8212;Athens and Sparta&#8212;became the two major powers on the Greek mainland. The remarkable period that followed introduced revolutionary ideas about democracy, education, philosophy, drama, and&#8212;thanks to Herodotus&#8212;the writing of history.<br><br>A wonderful storyteller, Herodotus filled the <i>Histories</i> with amusing anecdotes and dialogue, human details about the lives of important political figures, and a kaleidoscope of viewpoints from people of many lands. Magnificent in compass and enormously entertaining, the Histories is not only the leading source of original information for Greek history during the all-important period between 550 and 479 b.c., but also an artistic masterpiece that created a new genre of literature.<p> <br>Features maps of several noted battles, index of proper names, and a general index.<br> <br>Donald Lateiner teaches Greek, Latin, Ancient History and Comparative Folklore in the Humanities-Classics department at Ohio Wesleyan University. His scholarship focuses on Homer and Herodotus. He has published a book on each. He also researches nonverbal behaviors in ancient literature.</p>

Herodotus is not only known as the `father of history', as Cicero called him, but also the father of ethnography; as well as charting the historical background to the Persian Wars, his curiosity also prompts frequent digression on the cultures of the peoples he introduces. While much of the information he gives has proved to be astonishingly accurate, he also entertains us with delightful tales of one-eyed men and gold-digging ants. This readable new translation is supplemented with expansive notes that provide readers the background that they need to appreciate the book in depth. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

<p>Herodotus is not only the father of the art and the science of historical writing but also one of the Western tradition's most compelling storytellers. In tales such as that of Gyges-who murders Candaules, the king of Lydia, and usurps his throne and his marriage bed, thereby bringing on, generations later, war with the Persians-Herodotus laid bare the intricate human entanglements at the core of great historical events. In his love for the stranger, more marvelous facts of the world, he infused his magnificent history with a continuous awareness of the mythic and the wonderful. For more than a hundred generations, his supple, lucid prose has drawn readers into his panoramic vision of the war between the Greek city-states and the great empire to the east.</p>

Presents Herodotus's classic history of the early fifth-century invasion of Greece by the Persian Empire, which provides detailed cultural background on the peoples involved; and includes an introduction, time line, explanatory and textual notes, and an index of proper names.

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.

2011-11-04