Herodotus

New York Public Library, 480? Bc-420? Bc Herodotus, A. D. (Alfred Denis) Godley

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DO IIi 1'I 13 1111HERODOTUS1i 11I-IIBOOKS Ii1aiiIiI]1i1Translated1 byiA. D. GODLEYiI11list Loeb titles can beComplete ofat the end each volumefound ofHERODOTUS the Greek historiangreatwas born about at Halicar-484 B.C.,nassus in Asia when it wasCaria, Minor,to the HePersians. travelledsubjectin most of Asia Minor,widely (asEgyptfar as North theAssuan), Africa, Syria,north of the Black andSea,country manyof the Sea and the mainlandparts Aegeanof Greece. He it for somelived, seems,time in and in went withAthens, 443other colonists to the new Thurii (incitySouth where he died about B.C.430Italy)He was 'the correlative of theprose bard,a narrator of the deeds of real and amen,describer of Hisforeign places' (Murray).famous of warfare between thehistoryGreeks and the Persians has anepicwhich enhances hisdignity delightful style.It includes the rise of the Persian powerand an account of the Persian the;empireof fills one book;description Egyptbecause Darius attacked theScythia,and customs of that land aregeographyalso even in the later books on the;givenattacks ofthe Persians Greece thereagainstare All is mostdigressions. entertainingand a Afterproduces grand unity. personaland of and otherinquiry study hearsayHerodotus us a not un-evidence, givescritical estimate of the best that he couldfind.NY PUBL C L BRARY THE BRANCH LIBRARIES3 3333 08668 41863vlcCLASSICAL LIBRARYTHE LOEBFOUNDED BY JAMES LL.D.LOEB ...

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• Publié par: offo
• Nombre de lectures: 28
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 27 Mo

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