Histories, Volume I: Books I-II (Loeb Classical Library)

546 Pages·1975·27.35 MB·English

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HERODOTUS the great Greek historian
was born about 484 B.C., at Halicar-
nassus in Caria, Asia Minor, when itwas
subject to the Persians. He travelled
widely in most of Asia Minor, Egypt (as
far as Assuan), North Africa, Syria, the
countrynorth ofthe Black Sea, andmany
parts ofthe Aegean Sea and the mainland
of Greece. He lived, it seems, for some
time in Athens, and in 443 went with
other colonists to the new city Thurii (in
South Italy) wherehe diedabout 430 B.C.
Hewas 'the prose correlative ofthe bard,
a narrator ofthe deeds ofreal men, and a
describer offoreign places' (Murray). His
famous history of warfare between the
Greeks and the Persians has an epic
dignitywhichenhanceshisdelightfulstyle.
It includes the rise of the Persian power
andanaccount ofthe Persian empire; the
description of Egypt fills one book;
because Darius attacked Scythia, the
geography and customs of that land are
also given; even in the later books on the
attacksofthePersians Greecethere
against
are digressions. All is most entertaining
andproducesagrandunity. Afterpersonal
inquiry and study of hearsay and other
evidence, Herodotus gives us a not un-
critical estimate ofthe best that he could
find.
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HERODOTUS

HEEODOTUS
WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY
GODLKY
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HON. FELLOW OF MAGDALEN COLLKUE, OXFORD
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Firstprinted 1920
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CONTENTS
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GENERAL INTRODUCTION ........... ... VJi
INTRODUCTION TO BOOKS I AND II .........
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BOOK I 1
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BOOK II 273
INDEX OF PROPER NAMES ............. 499
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MAP WESTERN ASIA MINOR Atend