A Commentary on Herodotus: Volume I (Books I-IV) & Volume II (Books V-IX)

by: How, W.W. Wells, J.

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This 2 volumes set contains the following titles:

A Commentary on Herodotus: Volume I (Books I-IV)

by: How, W.W. Wells, J.

ISBN-13: 9780198143840
ISBN-10: 0198143842
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 2000
Publication Place: Oxford
Binding: Paper
Pages: 455
Book Condition: New
Comments: First Published 1912

A Commentary on Herodotus: With Introduction and Appendices
Volume I: Books I-IV
W. W. How and J. Wells

Description
Ancient critics called Herodotus `the father of history'. He was in fact the first to research and verify the events of the past (historié) and then to relate their consequences to the present. His Histories focus on the struggle between Persia and Greece from the time of Croesus to that of Xerxes, though frequent digressions provide a wealth of information on customs and cultures of peoples foreign to the Greeks.

This new paperback edition of How and Wells's standard commentary (in print continuously since 1912) deals with the first four books (out of nine), covering Persia from Croesus to Cyrus, up to Darius' expedition against the Scythians and Libyans. In addition to the detailed commentary, aimed primarily at students, it includes short introductory summaries of certain sections of text, a full introduction describing Herodotus' life and composition of the Histories, and fifteen appendices dealing with problems concerning the text and content of these four books.

Table of Contents
Commentary on Books I-IV; Appendices I-XV; Ethnography of Western Asia Minor and the Lydian History of Herodotus; Assyria and Babylon; Median History; Cyrus and the Rise of Persia; Reign of Cambyses and the Early Years of Darius Hystaspes; Persian System of Government; Persian Satrapies; Religion of the Ancient Persians and Herodotus; Herodotus in Egypt; History of Egypt in relation to Herodotus; Scythia and the Scyths; Scythian Expedition; Geography of Herodotus; Chronology of Herodotus; Pelasgi; Additional Notes

A Commentary on Herodotus: Volume II (Books V-IX)

by: How, W.W. Wells, J.

ISBN-13: 9780198721390 /  978-0-19-872139-0
ISBN-10: 0198721390 / 0-19-872139-0
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 2001
Publication Place: Oxford
Binding: Paper
Pages: 444
Book Condition: New
Comments: First Published 1912

A Commentary on Herodotus: With Introduction and Appendixes
Volume II: Books V-IX
W. W. How and J. Wells
Clarendon Press

Description
Herodotus has been called by Cicero and other ancient critics `the father of history'. He was in fact the first to make the events of the past the subject of research and verification (historie) and then relate their consequences to the present. The main subject of his Histories is the struggle between Persia and Greece from the time of Croesus to that of Xerxes; added to this are frequent digressions, varying in length, giving a wealth of information on customs and cultures of people foreign to the Greeks.

The new paperback edition of How and Wells's standard commentary on the Histories (in print continuously since 1912) deals with the last five books (out of nine) covering Sparta under King Cleomenes, the Battles of Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis, and the final rout of the Persians at Plataea in 479 BC. The detailed commentary, though of interest to the scholar, is aimed primarily at the student: short summaries introduce the subject-matter of sections of the text, and there are eight appendixes addressing problems raised in the commentary. This volume also contains an index to the complete commentary.

A Commentary on Herodotus: Volume I (Books I-IV) & Volume II (Books V-IX)

by: How, W.W. Wells, J.

• ISBN-13: 9780198143840 / 9780198721390
• ISBN-03: 0198143842 / 0198721390
• Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000

Price: 113,00 EURO

1 copy in stock