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Herodotus: Histories Book V (Paperback)
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Herodotus: Histories Book V (Paperback)
Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts
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Herodotus is a colossus of ancient history, from whose major work
the Histories, much of our knowledge of the Persian Wars and other
events of the period derives. Writing in the third quarter of the
fifth century B.C., he is the earliest Greek historian whose work
survives and he was the first to produce an accomplished treatment
of a major theme. Setting it in the context of conflict between
Europe and Asia, Herodotus gives an account which traces the rise
and expansion of the Persian empire and its dealings with the
Greeks, and culminates in the Persians' unsuccessful invasions of
Greece in 490 and 480-479 B.C. This is the first part to be
included in the Aris & Phillips Classical Texts series of the
Histories. Book V covers the beginning of the revolt of the Ionian
Greeks against Persia in the 490s, with digressions on the history
of Athens and Sparta at that time. As with other volumes in the
series this volume comprises Introduction, Greek text with
selective critical apparatus, English translation and a Commentary
which focuses particularly on the history which Herodotus narrates,
and how and why he narrates it as he does.
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