Histories
by Herodotus
One of the most important works of history in Western literature, by the freshest and liveliest of all classical Greek prose authors, Herodotus's Histories is also a key text for the study of ancient Greece and the Persian Empire. Covering a central and widely studied period of Greek history, Book V not only describes the revolt of the east Greeks against their Persian masters, which led to the great Persian Wars of 490-479 BC, but also provides fascinating material about the mainland Greek sta…
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- Full title :Histories, / Herodotus ; edited by Simon Hornblower.
Summary
One of the most important works of history in Western literature, by the freshest and liveliest of all classical Greek prose authors, Herodotus's Histories is also a key text for the study of ancient Greece and the Persian Empire. Covering a central and widely studied period of Greek history, Book V not only describes the revolt of the east Greeks against their Persian masters, which led to the great Persian Wars of 490-479 BC, but also provides fascinating material about the mainland Greek states in the sixth century BC. This is an up-to-date edition of and commentary on the Greek text of the book, providing extensive help with the Greek, basic historical information and clear maps, as well as lucid and insightful historical and literary interpretation of the text. The volume is suitable for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, teachers and scholars.
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- Publication Date:2013.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge
- Language:grc
- Publication Date:2013.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xiii, 351 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781139050968, 1139050966
- oclc:on1065523556
- LC Classification:PA4002
- Dewey Decimal:938/.03
Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Text; Commentary.
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