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A Commentary on Herodotus Books I-IV (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,990
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A Commentary on Herodotus Books I-IV (Paperback): David Asheri, Alan Lloyd, Aldo Corcella

A Commentary on Herodotus Books I-IV (Paperback)

David Asheri, Alan Lloyd, Aldo Corcella

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Herodotus, one of the earliest and greatest of Western prose authors, set out in the late fifth century BC to describe the world as he knew it - its peoples and their achievements, together with the causes and course of the great wars that brought the Greek cities into conflict with the empires of the Near East. Each subsequent generation of historians has sought to use his text and to measure their knowledge of these cultures against his words. This commentary by leading scholars, originally published in Italian, has been fully revised by the original authors and has now been edited for English-speaking readers by O. Murray and A. Moreno. It is designed for use alongside the Oxford Classical Text of Herodotus, and will replace the century-old historical commentary of How and Wells (1912) as the most authoritative account of modern scholarship on Herodotus. Books I-IV cover the history and cultures of Lydia, Egypt, Persia, and the nomads of Scythia and North Africa, in their contacts with the Greeks from mythical times to the start of the fifth century BC; these themes, with many digressions, are woven into an account of the expansion of the Persian Empire and its relations with the Greeks.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: October 2011
First published: December 2011
Authors: David Asheri • Alan Lloyd • Aldo Corcella
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 46mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 800
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-963936-6
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
LSN: 0-19-963936-1
Barcode: 9780199639366

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