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Herodotus the great Greek historian was born about 484 BCE, at
Halicarnassus in Caria, Asia Minor, when it was subject to the
Persians. He travelled widely in most of Asia Minor, Egypt (as far
as Assuan), North Africa, Syria, the country north of the Black
Sea, and many parts of the Aegean Sea and the mainland of Greece.
He lived, it seems, for some time in Athens, and in 443 went with
other colonists to the new city Thurii (in South Italy), where he
died about 430. He was 'the prose correlative of the bard, a
narrator of the deeds of real men, and a describer of foreign
places' (Murray).
Herodotus's famous history of warfare between the Greeks and the
Persians has an epic dignity which enhances his delightful style.
It includes the rise of the Persian power and an account of the
Persian empire; a description and history of Egypt; and a long
digression on the geography and customs of Scythia. Even in the
later books on the attacks of the Persians against Greece there are
digressions. All is most entertaining and produces a grand unity.
After personal inquiry and study of hearsay and other evidence,
Herodotus gives us a not uncritical estimate of the best that he
could find.
The Loeb Classical Library edition of Herodotus is in four
volumes.
Herodotus the great Greek historian was born about 484 BCE, at
Halicarnassus in Caria, Asia Minor, when it was subject to the
Persians. He travelled widely in most of Asia Minor, Egypt (as far
as Assuan), North Africa, Syria, the country north of the Black
Sea, and many parts of the Aegean Sea and the mainland of Greece.
He lived, it seems, for some time in Athens, and in 443 went with
other colonists to the new city Thurii (in South Italy), where he
died about 430. He was 'the prose correlative of the bard, a
narrator of the deeds of real men, and a describer of foreign
places' (Murray).
Herodotus's famous history of warfare between the Greeks and the
Persians has an epic dignity which enhances his delightful style.
It includes the rise of the Persian power and an account of the
Persian empire; a description and history of Egypt; and a long
digression on the geography and customs of Scythia. Even in the
later books on the attacks of the Persians against Greece there are
digressions. All is most entertaining and produces a grand unity.
After personal inquiry and study of hearsay and other evidence,
Herodotus gives us a not uncritical estimate of the best that he
could find.
The Loeb Classical Library edition of Herodotus is in four
volumes.
Herodotus the great Greek historian was born about 484 BCE, at
Halicarnassus in Caria, Asia Minor, when it was subject to the
Persians. He travelled widely in most of Asia Minor, Egypt (as far
as Assuan), North Africa, Syria, the country north of the Black
Sea, and many parts of the Aegean Sea and the mainland of Greece.
He lived, it seems, for some time in Athens, and in 443 went with
other colonists to the new city Thurii (in South Italy), where he
died about 430. He was 'the prose correlative of the bard, a
narrator of the deeds of real men, and a describer of foreign
places' (Murray).
Herodotus's famous history of warfare between the Greeks and the
Persians has an epic dignity which enhances his delightful style.
It includes the rise of the Persian power and an account of the
Persian empire; a description and history of Egypt; and a long
digression on the geography and customs of Scythia. Even in the
later books on the attacks of the Persians against Greece there are
digressions. All is most entertaining and produces a grand unity.
After personal inquiry and study of hearsay and other evidence,
Herodotus gives us a not uncritical estimate of the best that he
could find.
The Loeb Classical Library edition of Herodotus is in four
volumes.
Herodotus the great Greek historian was born about 484 BCE, at
Halicarnassus in Caria, Asia Minor, when it was subject to the
Persians. He travelled widely in most of Asia Minor, Egypt (as far
as Assuan), North Africa, Syria, the country north of the Black
Sea, and many parts of the Aegean Sea and the mainland of Greece.
He lived, it seems, for some time in Athens, and in 443 went with
other colonists to the new city Thurii (in South Italy), where he
died about 430. He was 'the prose correlative of the bard, a
narrator of the deeds of real men, and a describer of foreign
places' (Murray).
Herodotus's famous history of warfare between the Greeks and the
Persians has an epic dignity which enhances his delightful style.
It includes the rise of the Persian power and an account of the
Persian empire; a description and history of Egypt; and a long
digression on the geography and customs of Scythia. Even in the
later books on the attacks of the Persians against Greece there are
digressions. All is most entertaining and produces a grand unity.
After personal inquiry and study of hearsay and other evidence,
Herodotus gives us a not uncritical estimate of the best that he
could find.
The Loeb Classical Library edition of Herodotus is in four
volumes.
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1896. This work is not intended for classical scholars or professed
Platonists; but rather for the large and increasing class of
students who do not wish to be debarred altogether from an
acquaintance with Greek literature by their ignorance of the Greek
language. For the benefit of such readers I have endeavored, with
the help of extracts selected mostly from Plato, to draw a picture
of Socrates' relation to his immediate entourage and to Athenian
society in general. Contents: Athens Before and After the Persian
Wars; The Part Played by Socrates in History; Socrates in Plato's
Dialogues: The Sophists; The Better Teachers of the Time: Gorgias
and Protagoras; The Worse Teachers: Euthydemus and Thrasymachus;
Socrates Among the Young: Lysis and Charmides; The Symposium; The
Xenophontic Socrates; The Clouds; Trial and Death of Socrates; and
The Story of Er.
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