Herodotus

Selections from Herodotus

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The writings of Herodotus, historian, observer, and delightful storyteller, have long been favorites among teachers and students of the Greek language. The selections in this book were chosen, says the editor, to carry out in a single volume the author's own purpose of describing the course of conflict between the East and West, to reveal his deep conviction that sin and presumption are bound to include as many of the incidental stories as possible, since to these, almost more than to the main narrative, Herodotus owes his reputation as an unparalleled reconteur. This new edition of a Greek work comes in response to the… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Barbour, Amy L. (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-0-8061-1427-9
EAN: 9780806114279
Produktnummer: 1683115
Verlag: University Of Oklahoma Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 1964
Seitenangabe: 406 S.
Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D2.3 cm 540 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 540

Über den Autor

Herodotus (/h¿'r¿d¿t¿s/; Ancient Greek: ¿¿¿d¿t¿¿, Heródotos, Attic Greek pronunciation: [h¿¿.ró.do.tos]; c.¿484 - c.¿425 BC) was an ancient Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus in the Persian Empire (modern-day Bodrum, Turkey). He is known for having written the book The Histories (Greek: ¿st¿¿¿a¿ Historíai), a detailed record of his inquiry (¿st¿¿¿a historía) on the origins of the Greco-Persian Wars. He is widely considered to have been the first writer to have treated historical subjects using a method of systematic investigation-specifically, by collecting his materials and then critically arranging them into an historiographic narrative. On account of this, he is often referred to as The Father of History, a title first conferred on him by the first-century BC Roman orator Cicero.[1]Despite Herodotus's historical significance, little is known about his personal life. His Histories primarily deals with the lives of Croesus, Cyrus, Cambyses, Smerdis, Darius, and Xerxes and the battles of Marathon, Thermopylae, Artemisium, Salamis, Plataea, and Mycale; however, his many cultural, ethnographical, geographical, historiographical, and other digressions form a defining and essential part of the Histories and contain a wealth of information. Herodotus has been criticized for the fact that his book includes many obvious legends and fanciful accounts. Many authors, starting with the late fifth-century BC historian Thucydides, have accused him of making up stories for entertainment. However, Herodotus states that he is merely reporting what he has seen and been told, on several occasions saying that he does not himself believe the story that he reports. A sizable portion of the information he provides has since been confirmed by historians and archaeologists.His record of the achievements of others was an achievement in itself, though the extent of it has been debated. Herodotus's place in history and his significance may be understood according to the traditions within which he worked. His work is the earliest Greek prose to have survived intact. However, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, a literary critic of Augustan Rome, listed seven predecessors of Herodotus, describing their works as simple, unadorned accounts of their own and other cities and people, Greek or foreign, including popular legends, sometimes melodramatic and naïve, often charming - all traits that can be found in the work of Herodotus himself.