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Book V of Herodotus'
Histories begins the run-up to the Persian Wars of 490-479 B.C. with Persia's conquest of coastal Thrace after the Scythian expedition and the beginning of the Ionian Revolt against Persia, to which digressions on Sparta and Athens at the end of the sixth century are attached.
About the author
Peter J. Rhodes was Professor of Ancient History and is now Honorary Professor and Emeritus Professor at Durham University. He has edited and translated four volumes of Thucydides' Histories in the Aris & Phillips Classical Texts series, as well as two volumes on the Athenian Constitution. His many other publications include 'Periclean Athens' (Bloomsbury, 2018) and 'The Greek City States: A Source Book' (Cambridge University Press, 2007). He was President of the Classical Association from 2014-15 and was awarded the Chancellor's Medal, University of Durham, in 2015.
Summary
Book V of Herodotus’ Histories begins the run-up to the Persian Wars of 490–479 B.C. with Persia’s conquest of coastal Thrace after the Scythian expedition and the beginning of the Ionian Revolt against Persia, to which digressions on Sparta and Athens at the end of the sixth century are attached.
