2007, ISBN: 9780375421099

New York, Pantheon, 953 p. Original hardcover with dust jacket. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition… More...

New York, Pantheon, 953 p. Original hardcover with dust jacket. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT).- Flawless, very good condition. - Content: From the editor of the widely praised The Landmark Thucydides, here is a new Landmark edition of The Histories by Herodotus, the greatest classical work of history. Herodotus was a Greek historian living in Ionia during the fifth century B.C.E. He traveled extensively through the lands of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea and collected stories, and then recounted his experiences with the varied people and cultures he encountered. Cicero called him ?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 that harks back to the time of oral tradition, Herodotus set a standard for narrative nonfiction that continues to this day. In The Histories, Herodotus chronicles the rise of the Persian Empire and its dramatic war with the Greek city-states. Within that story he includes rich veins of anthropology, ethnography, geology, and geography, pioneering these fields of study, and explores such universal themes as the nature of freedom, the role of religion, the human costs of war, and the dangers of absolute power. Ten years in the making, The Landmark Herodotus gives us a new, dazzling translation by Andrea L. Purvis that makes this remarkable work of literature more accessible than ever before. Illustrated, annotated, and filled with maps, this edition also includes an introduction by Rosalind Thomas and twenty-one appendices written by scholars at the top of their fields, covering such topics as Athenian government, Egypt, Scythia, Persian arms and tactics, the Spartan state, oracles, religion, tyranny, and women. Like The Landmark Thucydides before it, The Landmark Herodotus is destined to be the most readable and comprehensively useful edition of The Histories available. Introduction by Rosalind Thomas; Editor?s Preface by Robert B. Strassler; Translator?s Preface by Andrea L. Purvis; The Athenian Government in Herodotus - Peter Krentz, Davidson College; The Spartan State in War and Peace - Paul Cartledge, University of Cambridge; The Account of Egypt: Herodotus Right and Wrong - Alan B. Lloyd, University of Wales; Herodotean Geography - James Romm, Bard College; Herodotus and the Black Sea Region - Everett L. Wheeler, Duke University; Rivers and Peoples of Scythia - Everett L. Wheeler, Duke University; The Continuity of Steppe Culture - Everett L. Wheeler, Duke University; The Ionian Revolt - George L. Cawkwell, University College, Oxford; Classical Greek Religious Festivals - Gregory Crane, Tufts University; Ancient Greek Units of Currency, Weight, and, Distance - Thomas R. Martin, College of the Holy Cross; Dialect and Ethnic Groups in Herodotus - William F. Wyatt, Brown University; Aristocratic Families in Herodotus - Carolyn Higbie, State University of New York, Buffalo; Herodotus on Persia and the Persian Empire - Christopher Tuplin, University of Liverpool; Hoplite Warfare in Herodotus - J. W. I. Lee, University of California, Santa Barbara; The Persian Army in Herodotus - J. W. I. Lee, University of California, Santa Barbara; Oracles, Religion, and Politics in Herodotus - Donald Lateiner, Ohio Wesleyan University; Herodotus and the Poets - Andrew Ford, Princeton University; The Size of Xerxes? Expeditionary Force - Michael A. Flower, Princeton University; Trireme Warfare in Herodotus - Nicolle Hirschfeld, Trinity University; Tyranny in Herodotus - Carolyn Dewald, Bard College; On Women and Marriage in Herodotus - Carolyn Dewald, Bard College. ISBN 9780375421099Klassische Philologie 2007, [PU: Random House]<

2007, ISBN: 9780375421099

Editor: Robert B. Strassler, Translator: Andrea L. Purvis, Introduction: Rosalind Thomas, Pantheon, Hardcover, Auflage: First Edition, 1024 Seiten, Publiziert: 2007-11-06T00:00:01Z, Produ… More...

Editor: Robert B. Strassler, Translator: Andrea L. Purvis, Introduction: Rosalind Thomas, Pantheon, Hardcover, Auflage: First Edition, 1024 Seiten, Publiziert: 2007-11-06T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: new-20170302-c0056260, 1.64 kg, Verkaufsrang: 89087, Greece, Ancient Civilizations, History, Subjects, Books, Textbook Rental ASINs, 34875086-8a6a-4dfe-b095-4d85fb30b3ba_9001, 34875086-8a6a-4dfe-b095-4d85fb30b3ba_0, Special Features Stores, Arborist Merchandising Root, 34875086-8a6a-4dfe-b095-4d85fb30b3ba_3501, Pantheon, 2007<