Greek text with facing vocabulary and commentary, 2nd ed. The histories by herodotus, first edition abebooks. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Hide browse bar your current position in the text is marked in blue. Herodotus, the histories, book 1, chapter 1, section 0. Erato by herodotus for free with a 30 day free trial. Herodotus covers the empires geography, social structure, and history before describing the events which led to xerxes invasion of greece and the greek citystates uniting to defeat his army. Home collectionstexts perseus catalog research grants open source.
Divided by later editors into nine books named after the muses, the history traces the growth of the persian empire, starting with croesus of lydia, though cyrus. When cyrus had brought his life to an end, cambyses received the royal power in succession, being the son of cyrus and of cassandane the daughter of pharnaspes, for whose death, which came about before his own, cyru. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. The perseus digital library is a partner and supporter of open greek and latin, an international collaboration committed to creating an open educational resource featuring a corpus of digital texts, deepreading tools, and opensource software. Herodotus 1 greek and latin texts with facing vocabulary. Herodotus is convinced that the sycthians descend from heracles, which makes. The prerogatives of the spartan kings in declaring war and leading the army 5556. 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. Herodotus recounts this story, devising a foreign son, perses, from whom the persians. The history of herodotus, parallel englishgreek index. The ten generals are of divided opinion, some urging to attack, others urging not to.
July 20 this link contains a free pdf copy of herodotus book i. Herodotuss history is an account of the grecopersian wars 499479 bce and the story of the growth and organization of the persian empire. And first, dividing the city into three parts, he gave a share in the government to his brothers pantagnotus and syloson. A greek folk etymology connected perseus to the name of the persian people, whom they called the persai from old persian parsa persia, a persian. Herodotus first gives a description of the country, which he knows as a green pasture dominated by large rivers, bordered in the north by vast stretches of snow. All search options view abbreviations home collectionstexts perseus catalog research grants open source about help. Power of vast thracian nation limited by disunity 3. Histiaeus flees to chios, where he is accepted after initial mistrust 2. The native name of this people, however, has always had an ain persian. As usual, herodotus narrative looks more reliable when he describes the recent past. Polymnia now when tidings of the battle that had been fought at marathon reached the ears of king darius, the son of hystaspes, his anger against the athenians, which had been already roused by their attack upon sardis, waxed still fiercer, and he became more than ever eager to lead an army against greece.
At the beginning of the histories, herodotus sets out his reasons for writing it. Erato 1 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 140. Thus i have traced the descent according to the account given by the hellenes. Herodotus spent his entire life working on just one project. Online books about this author are available, as is a wikipedia article herodotus.
The opening logos of book four tells about their way of life. Hdt prefers the greek version, which makes the dorians egyptians and traces their family back only as far as perseus 53. The history of herodotus, parallel englishgreek index sacred texts. Thus have i traced their lineage according to the greek story. They do not admit that the forefathers of acrisius were in any way related to perseus, but say they were egyptians, as the greeks likewise testify. For once they were wont throughout all greece to go armed because their houses were unfenced and travelling was unsafe, and accustomed themselves, like the barbarians, to the ordinary wearing of their armour.
Book 1 book 2 book 3 book 5 book 6 book 7 book 8 book 9. The history of herodotus by herodotus the internet classics archive. Greek and roman arabic germanic 19thcentury american renaissance richmond times italian poetry. Book 1 book 2 book 3 book 4 book 5 book 6 book 7 book 8 book 9 5. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position. Featured content includes commentary on major characters. Herodotus histories book ii the second book of the histories, called euterpe 1.
In book 3, passages 102 to 105, herodotus reports that a species of foxsized, furry ants lives in one of the far eastern, indian provinces of the persian empire. The first book of the histories, called clio this is the showing forth of the inquiry of herodotus of halicarnassos, to the end that 1 neither the deeds of men may be forgotten by lapse of time, nor the works 2 great and marvellous, which have been produced some by hellenes and some by barbarians, may lose their renown. According to the persian story, perseus was an assyrian who became a greek. Herodotus the histories book one book two book three book four book five book six book seven book eight book nine.
The history of herodotus, parallel englishgreek, tr. Herodotus has a wonderful, gossipy style that makes reading these histories more fun than studying the rise of the persian empire and its clash with greecehowever, thats exactly what readers will do in this engaging history, which is full of interesting digressions and asides. Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. Histiaeus goes to sardis, where artaphrenes accuses him of being the author of the ionian revolt 1. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages. Herodotus was an ancient greek historian who was born in halicarnassus, caria modernday bodrum, turkey and lived in the fifth century bce c. New translation, selections, backgrounds, commentaries norton critical editions by herodotus, walter blanco and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Herodotus, the histories, book 6, chapter 8, section 1. He cannot deceive artaphrenes, who compares him to the maker of a shoe that aristagoras has put on.
The histories of herodotus is considered the founding work of history in western literature. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. Perseus collection herodotus search for documents in search only in herodotus. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, the first. His description of the tribes in the sahara belongs to the most reliable parts of his histories. Herodotus account of egyptian history and customs, contained in book ii of his long narrative history of the persian wars, is a classic example of the father of history at work. This region, he reports, is a sandy desert, and the sand there contains a wealth of fine gold dust. Histiaeus goes to sardis, where artaphrenes accuses him of being. The internet classics archive the history of herodotus by. How can we possibly describe herodotus with the kind of categories presented here by amazon. It remains one of the wests most important sources. 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 wellconstructed and. Impossible most of the times herodotus narrates what other people did.
Herodotus was an ancient greek historian who lived in the fifth century bc c. 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. Herodotus histories book ii classical wisdom weekly part 6. May 19, 2014 a delightful new translation of what is widely considered the first work of history and nonfiction. 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. Sometimes he gives his personal belief and therefore speaks in the first person. Part of a complete english translation of herodotus. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. He has been called the father of history, as well as the father of lies. The history of herodotus by herodotus, part of the internet classics archive. The flags in the text are links to the greek as printed on facing pages in the loeb edition. Greek researcher, often called the worlds first historian.
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