Herodotus: Book III

This accessible edition for students presents Herodotus as one of the most fascinating and colourful authors from the ancient world. Book III of Herodotus'' nine-book work is one of the richest in its exploration of themes, such as the practices and customs of different peoples and the nature of political power, issues still much debated today. This commentary illuminates the geographical and even anthropological scope of Herodotus'' history, and enables students to confidently tackle the text in the original Greek. Bringing together a full introduction, text, commentary and translation, Longley makes Herodotus accessible to students of ancient Greek. This guide shows us why Herodotus is still considered the ''Father of History''.>

List of contents

List of Maps
Preface

Maps

1. Introduction
2. Text
3. Translation
4. Commentary

Bibliograpy
Appendix - A Table of Tribute

Index

About the author

Georgina Longley is an independent scholar, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Georgina Longley
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2023
• EAN: 9781350282803
• ISBN: 978-1-350-28280-3
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Greek Texts
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Ancient Greece, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Classical texts, Translation & interpretation, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient (Classical) Greek, BCE to c 500 CE, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Translation and interpretation