Herodotus: Volume 1 (Oxford Readings in Classical Studies)
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (849 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0199587574 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 512 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Rosaria Munson is Professor of Classics at Swarthmore College where she has been teaching since 1990.
In it he explores the long-term causes for the Persian invasions of Greece in the early fifth century BCE, a momentous event both for the development of Greek civilization and for the beginnings of historiography, and traces the rise of the Persians as rulers of a large multi-ethnic empire whose lands and cultures are vividly described. Herodotus' Histories is a fascinating account of the interactions between the Greeks and their powerful Near-Eastern neighbours. The introduction contains an account of Herodotus' life and times, as well as a survey of recent scholarship designed as a guide for contextualizing the selected articles according to the range of approaches they represent.. This first surviving history is a tapestry of brilliant and entertaining narratives, but it also addresses profoundly serious concerns, such as the advantages and failings of different forms o
About the AuthorRosaria Munson is Professor of Classics at Swarthmore College where she has been teaching since 1990.
herodotus as the source of western historiography. A. John Silver this is the first of two large and well-edited volumes of scholarly essays about herodotus and "the histories". herodotus is considered the father of western history writing, and as such, he partly defined what is now considered historical writing. these essays examine the sources, particulary homeric, of his historiographic approach. the introduction by professor munson alone is worth the price.