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

Herodotus, referred to by Cicero and others as "the father of history," was the first to make the events of the past the subject of research and verification, and to relate their consequences to the present. In Histories, an account of the struggle between Persia and Greece from the time of Croesus to that of Xerxes, How and Wells show that there are frequent digressions that give a wealth of information about the customs and cultures of peoples foreign to the Greeks. Providing a standard commentary of the Histories, this two-volume work will interest scholars, although it is designed primarily for students. The authors offer short summaries introducing the subject matter of each section, a full introduction on Herodotus's life and style, and fifteen appendices that cover problems of text and content.

Summary

Herodotus was considered the first historian to make the events of the past the subject of research and verification and then relate their consequences to the present. This commentary on his "Histories" deals with the first four books and includes an introduction to Herodotus' life and work.

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'the Introduction and notes ... remain, and not undeservedly so, a standard work of reference so that any cheap edition is much to be welcomed'
Greece & Rome, Vol XXXVII No 1 April 1990

Product details

• Authors: W. W. How, W. W. (late Fellow and Tutor How, How W. W., J. Wells, J. (late Warden Wells, Joseph Wells
• Assisted by: Walter W. How (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780198143840
• ISBN: 978-0-19-814384-0
• Dimensions: 124 mm x 187 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 459 g
• Illustrations: 4 maps
• Series: A Commentary on Herodotus; A Commentary on Herodotus
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Essays, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, HISTORY / Historiography, HISTORY / Essays, General & world history, Historiography, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Literary essays, General and world history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval