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A Commentary on Herodotus: Volume II: Books V-IX (Paperback, Revised)
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A Commentary on Herodotus: Volume II: Books V-IX (Paperback, Revised)
Series: A Commentary on Herodotus
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Herodotus has been called by Cicero and other ancient critics `the
father of history'. He was in fact the first to make the events of
the past the subject of research and verification (historie) and
then relate their consequences to the present. The main subject of
his Histories is the struggle between Persia and Greece from the
time of Croesus to that of Xerxes; added to this are frequent
digressions, varying in length, giving a wealth of information on
customs and cultures of people foreign to the Greeks. The new
paperback edition of How and Wells's standard commentary on the
Histories (in print continuously since 1912) deals with the last
five books (out of nine) covering Sparta under King Cleomenes, the
Battles of Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis, and the final rout
of the Persians at Plataea in 479 BC. The detailed commentary,
though of interest to the scholar, is aimed primarily at the
student: short summaries introduce the subject-matter of sections
of the text, and there are eight appendixes addressing problems
raised in the commentary. This volume also contains an index to the
complete commentary.
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