Drawn from the speech and literature of all nations, ancient and modern 1922, book by kate louise roberts, 2010. The history of herodotus by herodotus, part of the internet classics archive. Greek researcher, often called the worlds first historian. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. Herodotus counts by generations, for example the kings of the mermnads dynasty, ruling from c. Greek text, translation, commentary and introduction 2015, and he is the editor of herodotus. The histories herodotus translated by george rawlinson book 1 these are the researches of herodotus of halicarnassus, which he publishes, in the hope of thereby preserving from decay the remembrance of what men have done, and of preventing the great and wonderful actions of the greeks and the barbarians from. The history of herodotus by herodotus written 440 b. Urania the greeks engaged in the seaservice were the following. Being the second book of the famous history of herodotus london. From wikisource sep 29, 2010 herodotus of halicarnassus c. July 20 this link contains a free pdf copy of herodotus book i. Site contains many greek and latin texts, translations and related material. The corinthians furnished forty ships and the megarians twenty herodotus, with an english translation by a.
I also recommend the excellent introduction and the translation provided by david. What is the best translation of herodotus the histories. Godley loeb classical library edition, 4 volumes in greek and english. In the histories, he describes the expansion of the achaemenid empire under its kings cyrus the great, cambyses, and darius i the great, culminating in xerxes expedition to greece 480 bce, which met with disaster in the naval engagement at salamis and the battles at plataea and mycale.
In a nut shell herodotus writes about the causes of the ancient war between the greek world and the persian empire. The magians were a median tribe, considered specialists in religious rituals. He travelled widely in most of asia minor, egypt as far as assuan, north africa, syria, the country north of the black sea, and many parts. Herodotus 7 beta greek and latin texts with facing. The history of herodotus macaulaybook viii wikisource, the free. The audiobook gives you a good pace and forcemarches you through to the end. His histories, which provide an account in nine books of the conflict between the greece and asia from the middle of the sixth century b. Publication date 192125 publisher london heinemann collection robarts. Book 1 clio book 2 euterpe book 3 thalia book 4 melpomene book 5 terpsichore book 6 erato book 7 polymnia book 8 urania book 9 calliope. Urania 1 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 140. At the time of the shipwreck off mount pelion he had recovered for the persians a great part of what they lost.
At that time he made answer mildly to the corinthian. Macmillan, london and ny 1890 contents start reading text zipped. Book 1 book 2 book 3 book 4 book 5 book 6 book 7 book 8 book 9 5. This is a thoroghly enjoyable and entertaining book, a must read in the western canon. Reading herodotus, one can often get bogged down in the loops of geography, people, history, culture and meandre through miles of esoterica. He was born around 490 bc in halicarnassus, on the southwest coast of asia minor. This 147page guide for histories by herodotus includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 9 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis. Herodotus claims to have traveled extensively around the ancient world, conducting interviews and collecting stories for his book, almost all of which covers territories of the persian empire. The history of herodotus book i the first book of the histories, called clio this is the showing forth of the inquiry of herodotus of halicarnassos, to the end that1 neither the deeds of men may be forgotten by lapse of time, nor the works2 great and marvellous, which have been produced some by hellenes and some by barbarians, may. Here are presented the results of the enquiry carried out by herodotus of halicarnassus.
With the dawn of the day of the battle of salamis in ch. Greek text with facing vocabulary and commentary, 2nd ed. Herodotus records the many brutal acts of ancient people. Waterfields translation so far is making it fun to read. He is known for having written the book the histories greek. The athenians furnished a hundred and twentyseven vessels to the fleet, which were manned in part by the plataeans, who, though unskilled in such matters. He has written or edited numerous books, most recently lykophron. Gyges, ardys, sadyattes ii, alyattes and finally, his son croesus who we look at in some detail.
Part of a complete english translation of herodotus. While much of the information he gives has proved to be astonishingly accurate, he also entertains us with delightful. The internet ascii source was a translation of herodotus by george rawlinson. Reginald walter macan, herodotus, the seventh, eighth. Reading the histories is like reading the first journalists who gather information and stories from all over the mediterranean.
The internet classics archive the history of herodotus. Id love to hear about this translation from a student or scholar who knows greek its a beautiful book, but the translator is a businessman with no formal training who did it in his free time. The history of herodotus, parallel englishgreek index. The prose is very accessible, which makes this history very intriguing and enjoyable to read. Simon hornblower is emeritus professor of classics and ancient history at the university of oxford. The book also illuminates greek views of themselves and of peoples from the east, the this battle forms the centrepiece of book viii of herodotus histories. Histories by herodotus translated by george rawlinson book 5 terpsichore. The history of herodotus has been divided into the following sections. For in fact the euboeans, neglecting the oracle of bakis as if it had no meaning at all, had neither carried away anything from their land nor laid in any store of. Herodotus 1 greek and latin texts with facing vocabulary. I find myself laughing at the natural comedy of life everyday life each time i pick it up. The history of herodotus, volume 1 by herodotus full.
Now the euboeans had neglected the oracle of bacis, believing it to be empty of meaning, and neither by carrying away nor by bringing in anything had. Herodotus, who spent much of his life traveling, was one of the most erudite historians of his time. Summary of and commentary on herodotus histories, book 7. Woods, for example, in his edition of the first book published in 1873 gives a list of readings for the first and second books, in which he almost invariably prefers the authority. Herodotus the great greek historian was born about 484 bce, at halicarnassus in caria, asia minor, when it was subject to the persians. Upset by the results of thermopylae, the greek fleet wants to retreat. Herodotus book 7 commentary beta edition 14 mb pdf aug 2012 rightclick on pc, ctrlclick on mac for option to download directly this link contains a free pdf copy of an unrevised draft of herodotus histories book 7. The histories, however, is one of those books where an audiobook helps. Quite a few comments have been posted about the history of herodotus. Online books about this author are available, as is a wikipedia article herodotus. In this eight volume collection on the persian wars, greek historian herodotus, the father of history, gives a cultured and firsthand examination of the ancient world surrounding the rise and rule of the persian empire alongside a concise history and cultural background of scythia and egypt. A delightful new translation of what is widely considered the first work of history and nonfiction. He travelled widely in most of asia minor, egypt as far as assuan, north africa, syria, the country north of the black sea, and many parts of the aegean sea and the mainland of greece. Histories godley translationbook 8 wikisource, the.
Numbers provided in square brackets or parentheses refer to the page numbers in this edition. The history of herodotus, parallel englishgreek, tr. Featured content includes commentary on major characters. Herodotus says so much cool stuff, you owe it to yourself to read it in a good translation i. The history of herodotus by herodotus the internet classics archive. Summary of and commentary on herodotus histories, book 7, 2015 your bibliography. Greek text with facing vocabulary and commentary under a creative commons license this draft was made with great haste and has not be proofread.
The modern library version is very similiar, but it reflects editor updates. The history of herodotus parallel englishgreek english translation. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. He seems to have travelled widely throughout the mediterranean world, including egypt, africa, the area around the black sea and throughout many greek citystates, of both the mainland and the islands. Herodotus, the histories, book 8, chapter 1, section 1. Im still on the fence mostly because its a very expensive albeit beautiful, book. The histories of herodotus is considered one of the seminal works of history in western literature. This work has been summarized using the university of chicago edition transl. At the beginning of the histories, herodotus sets out his reasons for writing it. May 19, 2014 a delightful new translation of what is widely considered the first work of history and nonfiction. Written from the 450s to the 420s bc in the ionic dialect of classical greek, the histories serves as a record of the ancient traditions, politics, geography, and clashes of various cultures that were known around the mediterranean and western asia at that time. An unfortunate result of his more elaborately worked writing has been failure to understand his words, and hence much misplaced editorial intervention.
Histories book v cambridge, 20 in the cambridge greek and latin classics series. Power of vast thracian nation limited by disunity 3. I thought that reading herodotus would be daunting, but mr. The history of herodotus volume 1 by herodotus free ebook. Book 8 book 9 this is a serialized close english translation of the ancient greek historical narrative by the fifth century bce thinker, herodotus of halicarnassus.
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