Reading Herodotus, Irwin

Автор: Herodotus
Название: The Histories
ISBN: 0199535663 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199535668
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: Herodotus is not only known as the `father of history`, as Cicero called him, but also the father of ethnography; as well as charting the historical background to the Persian Wars, his curiosity also prompts frequent digression on the cultures of the peoples he introduces. While much of the information he gives has proved to be astonishingly accurate, he also entertains us with delightful tales of one-eyed men and gold-digging ants. This superbly readable new translation is supplemented by expansive notes that provide readers the background that they need to appreciate the book in depth.

Автор: Munson Rosaria Vignolo
Название: Herodotus
ISBN: 0199587590 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199587599
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: This second volume`s selected essays look at the principles of Herodotus` research concerning the physical world in the light of traditional myth and the science of his times, and deal with the connections between travelling and storytelling, culture and gender, Hellenic and barbarian religions, and memory and ethnicity.

Автор: Evans James Allan Stewart
Название: Herodotus, Explorer of the Past: Three Essays
ISBN: 0691605858 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691605852
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: Why does a power expand and become an empire? Writing in the early years of the Peloponnesian War, Herodotus gave Athens full credit for saving Greece from Persia, but also identified the city`s expansion as a new manifestation of imperialist aggression. In this skillful analysis of Herodotus` intellectual world, J.A.S. Evans combines historical, a