Author: Henry R. ImmerwahrPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
Form and Thought in Herodotus
Author: Henry R. ImmerwahrThe Persian Wars
Author: HerodotusPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
Herodotus, the great Greek historian, wrote this famous history of warfare between the Greeks and the Persians in a delightful style. Herodotus portrays the dispute as one between the forces of slavery on the one hand and freedom on the other. This work covers the rise of the Persian influence and a history of the Persian empire, a description and history of Egypt, and a long digression on the landscape and traditions of Scythia. Because of the comprehensiveness of this work, it was considered the founding work of history in Western literature. A must-have for history enthusiasts.
The Mirror of Herodotus
Author: François HartogPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520264231
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
"The best book to come out on Herodotus in years."—G. E. R. Lloyd, King's College Cambridge
The History of Herodotus
Author: HerodotusPublisher: Biblo & Tannen Booksellers & Publishers
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
Patristic Evidence for Jewish-Christian Sects
Author: Albertus Frederik Johannes KlijnPublisher: Brill Archive
ISBN: 9789004037632
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Thucydides and Herodotus
Author: Edith FosterPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199593264
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Thucydides and Herodotus is an edited collection which looks at two of the most important ancient Greek historians living in the 5th Century BCE. It examines the relevant relationship between them which is considered, especially nowadays, by historians and philologists to be more significant than previously realized.
The Historical Method of Herodotus
Author: Donald LateinerPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802057938
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Herodotus was the first writer in the West to conceive the value of creating a record of the recent past. He found a way to co-ordinate the often conflicting data of history, ethnology, and culture. The Historical Method of Herodotus explores the intellectual habits and the literary principles of this pioneer writer of prose. Donald Lateiner argues, against the perception that Herodotus' work seems amorphous and ill organized, that the Histories contain their own definition of historical significance. He examines patterns of presentation and literary structure in narratives, speeches, and direct communications to the reader, in short, the conventions and rhetoric of history as Herodotus created it. This rhetoric includes the use of recurring themes, the relation of speech to reported actions, indications of doubt, stylistic idiosyncrasies, frequent reference to nonverbal behaviours, and strategies of opening and ending. Lateiner shows how Herodotus sometimes suppresses information on principle and sometimes compels the reader to choose among contending versions of events. His inventories of Herodotus' methods allow the reader to focus on typical practice, not misleading exception. In his analysis of the structuring concepts of the Histories, Lateiner scrutinizes Herodotean time and chronology. He considers the historian's admiration for ethnic freedom and autonomy, the rule of law, and the positive values of conflict. Despite these apparent biases, he argues, the text's intellectual and moral preferences present a generally cool and detached account from which an authorial personality rarely emerges. The Historical Method of Herodotus illuminates the idiosyncrasies and ambitious nature of a major text in classics and the Western tradition and touches on aspects of historiography, ancient history, rhetoric, and the history of ideas.
Herodotus and the Question Why
Author: Christopher PellingPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477318321
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
In the 5th century BCE, Herodotus wrote the first known history to break from the tradition of Homeric storytelling, basing his text on empirical observations and arranging them systematically. Herodotus and the Question Why offers a comprehensive examination of the methods behind the Histories and the challenge of documenting human experiences, from the Persian Wars to cultural traditions. In lively, accessible prose, Christopher Pelling explores such elements as reconstructing the mentalities of storyteller and audience alike; distinctions between the human and the divine; and the evolving concepts of freedom, democracy, and individualism. Pelling traces the similarities between Herodotus's approach to physical phenomena (Why does the Nile flood?) and landmark events (Why did Xerxes invade Greece? And why did the Greeks win?), delivering a fascinating look at the explanatory process itself. The cultural forces that shaped Herodotus's thinking left a lasting legacy for us, making Herodotus and the Question Why especially relevant as we try to record and narrate the stories of our time and to fully understand them.
On Politics
Author: Alan RyanPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0871404656
Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 1147
Book Description
Looks at the history of politics from Hobbes to the twenty-first century.
The Histories Book 7: Polymnia
Author: HerodotusPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1681462966
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian who lived in the fifth century BC (c.484 - 425 BC). He has been called the "Father of History", and was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent and arrange them in a well-constructed and vivid narrative. The Histories-his masterpiece and the only work he is known to have produced-is a record of his "inquiry", being an investigation of the origins of the Greco-Persian Wars and including a wealth of geographical and ethnographical information. The Histories, were divided into nine books, named after the nine Muses: the "Muse of History", Clio, representing the first book, then Euterpe, Thaleia, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Erato, Polymnia, Ourania and Calliope for books 2 to 9, respectively.