A delightful new translation of what is widely considered the first work of history and nonfiction. There is no cartographic evidence from his lifetime. The history of herodotus, parallel englishgreek index sacred texts. Even though his broader theme is the history of the persian wars, book ii includes a vast range of subjects, from geology and meteorology to commerce, family life, and. 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. Reading herodotus, one can often get bogged down in the loops of geography, people, history, culture and meandre through miles of esoterica. Features the complete histories, in both english translation and the original greek concise introduction to the text, with a detailed synoptic summary of each book includes godleys celebrated translation, previously appearing in loeb classical library editions of herodotus. Macaulay, 1890, full text etext at the history of herodotus, parallel englishgreek. The first book of the histories, called clio this is the showing forth of the inquiry of herodotus of halicarnassos, to the end that 1 neither the deeds of men may be forgotten by lapse of time, nor the works 2 great and marvellous, which have been produced some by hellenes and some by barbarians, may lose their renown. Herodotus the histories george rawlinson translation 1858 voyage to the prehistoric planet full science fiction movie basil rathbone english hd duration.
The histories, herodotus the histories of herodotus is the founding work of history in western literature. His plan to conquer egypt gives herodotus the opportunity to dedicate three logoi to the ancient kingdom on the. The histories of herodotus is considered the founding work of history in. Opening alludes to homer, suggests epic scale and purpose memorialization. The biblical writers borrowed from it to create characters such as the judges samson. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Cambyses becomes king of the persian empire 530522 bc. Pharaoh, by boleslaw prus, incorporating the labyrinth scenes inspired by herodotus description in book ii of the histories. Herodotus basically traveled around the ancient world asking people questions about their lives and cultures and histories, and then wrote down whatever they told him. Herodotus description of egypt dominates book ii of the histories. Creation, by gore vidal, interpreting many scenes from the persian viewpoint. The histories, by ancient greek historian, herodotus, is full of myths, folklore, legends, historical facts and tall tales. I read the old heritage press harry carter translation. Histories by herodotus translated by george rawlinson book 2 euterpe.
Book 3 translation based on alfred john church and william jackson brodribb 1876. Jan 29, 2011 herodotus the histories george rawlinson translation 1858 the art of war full audiobook. Herodotus the great greek historian was born about 484 bce, at halicarnassus in caria, asia minor, when it was subject to the persians. Written in 440 bc in the ionic dialect of classical greek, the histories serves as a record of the ancient traditions, politics, geography, and clashes of various cultures that were known in western asia, northern africa and greece at that time. Herodotus, the histories, book 1, chapter 1, section 0. Translated from the ancient greek by george rawlinson, m.
Rape of io by phoenician traders as persian version of origin of eastwest conflict 1. Compelled by his desire to prevent the traces of human events from being erased by time, herotodus recounts the incidents preceding and following the persian wars. The histories of herodotus of halicarnassus is considered the first work of history in western literature. The histories, however, is one of those books where an audiobook helps. His plan to conquer egypt gives herodotus the opportunity. The internet classics archive the history of herodotus by. Prior to that were the illiad and the oddyse by homer during the 700s b. Book 1 book 2 book 3 book 4 book 5 book 6 book 7 book 8 book 9 2.
Divided by later editors into nine books named after the muses, the history traces the growth of. The history of herodotus, parallel englishgreek, tr. This is the story which i heard from the priests of hephaestus temple at memphis. Herodotus the histories george rawlinson translation 1858 the art of war full audiobook. This map is from a translation, published in london, 1897. The history of herodotus by herodotus, part of the internet classics archive. Perhaps most famously, the book tells the heroic tale of the greeks resistance to the vast invading force assembled by xerxes, king of persia. Greek researcher, often called the worlds first historian.
Herodotus histories read by david timson unabridged. Herodotus 1 greek and latin texts with facing vocabulary. Almasy keeps this book with him everywhere he goes, a fat volume that could explode at any moment like george costanzas wallet. Being the second book of the famous history of herodotus london. The audiobook gives you a good pace and forcemarches you through to the end. Estimates of the year of his birth are based on the observation that in the histories, he does not claim to have witnessed the persian invasion that took. Herodotus was an ancient greek historian who lived in the fift. Jan 31, 2011 herodotus the histories george rawlinson translation 1858 voyage to the prehistoric planet full science fiction movie basil rathbone english hd duration. Herodotus was a greek writer and geographer credited with being the first historian. Im still on the fence mostly because its a very expensive albeit beautiful, book. Despite herodotuss historical significance, little is known about his personal life.
The history of herodotus volume 1 by herodotus free ebook. The 1592 edition of herodotus histories edited and printed by. In the histories, he describes the expansion of the achaemenid empire under its kings cyrus the great, cambyses, and darius i the great, culminating in xerxes expedition to greece 480 bce, which met with disaster in the naval engagement at salamis and the battles at plataea and mycale. His histories primarily deals with the lives of croesus, cyrus, cambyses, smerdis, darius, and xerxes and the battles of marathon, thermopylae, artemisium, salamis, plataea, and mycale. The history of herodotus by herodotus the internet classics archive. What is the best translation of herodotus the histories. Historical novels sourcing material from herodotus. It was tougher going than the bible, war and peace and even don quixote. Herodotus the histories refer to the war between athens and sparta, we can assume he died c. Site contains many greek and latin texts, translations and related material. Euterpe by herodotus for free with a 30 day free trial. And translates to the second five lines being the latin translation of the first five. It is over pages long, but herodotus is a very engaging writer, and the translation has won wide praise.
The histories tacitusbook 2 wikisource, the free online. Written from the 450s to the 420s bc in the ionic dialect of classical greek, they serve as a record of the ancient traditions, politics, geography, and clashes of various cultures that were known. The history of herodotus parallel englishgreek english translation. Gates of fire, by stephen pressfield, has the battle of thermopylae book vii as its. May 19, 2014 a delightful new translation of what is widely considered the first work of history and nonfiction. I really enjoyed this book because it is the first book of history ever written by man. Godley loeb classical library edition, 4 volumes in greek and english.
In this, the first prose history in european civilisation, herodotus describes the growth of the persian empire with force, authority and style. Nine books of the histories of herodotus of halicarnassus, inscribed with the. Id love to hear about this translation from a student or scholar who knows greek its a beautiful book, but the translator is a businessman with no formal training who did it in his free time. Herodotus was a resident of halicarnassus modern bodrum in turkey and wrote the histories of herodotus, a greek history of the persian invasion of greece in the early fifth century bce.
The histories herodotus translated by george rawlinson book 1 these are the researches of herodotus of halicarnassus, which he publishes, in the hope of thereby preserving from decay the remembrance of what men have done, and of preventing the great and wonderful actions of the greeks and the barbarians from. 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. Herodotus the histories complete audio book recording. Herodotus has a wonderful, gossipy style that makes reading these histories more fun than studying the rise of the persian empire and its clash with greecehowever, thats exactly what readers will do in this engaging history, which is full of interesting digressions and asides. Written from the 450s to the 420s bc in the ionic dialect of classical greek, the histories serves as a record of the ancient traditions, politics, geography, and clashes of various cultures that were known around the mediterranean and western asia at that time. So its fitting that, through herodotus book, the english patient reveals his own history. Volume 2 of a four volume work on the graecopersian wars of 490 and 48079. Godley, read by librivox volunteers, proofed, coordinated, and produced by karen merline. The histories of herodotus is considered one of the seminal works of history in western literature. Jul 01, 2001 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Book ii the histories also known as the history of herodotus is considered the founding work of history in western literature.
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