Overview partially extracted from the grene text and prepared for a womans book discussion group to read the history herodotus only book is to seek ones roots as a member of western democratic civilization. See all books authored by herodotus, including the histories, and selections from herodotus, and more on. The history of herodotus, parallel englishgreek index. The history of herodotus volume 1 by herodotus free ebook. Book i 299k book ii 249k book iii 221k book iv 230k book v 162k book vi 174k book vii 286k book viii 179k. A serialized new translation of the ancient greek historical narrative by the fifth century bce thinker, herodotus of halicarnassus. 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 losing their due meed of glory. The rise of the persian empire is chronicled, and the causes for the conflict. 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 place in 480.
I also purchased the histories from barnes and noble with translation by g. Herodotus, the histories, book 1, chapter 1, section 0. At the beginning of the histories, herodotus sets out his reasons for writing it. The audiobook gives you a good pace and forcemarches you through to the end.
Terpsichore the persians left behind by king darius in europe, who had megabazus for their general, reduced, before any other hellespontine state, the people of perinthus, who had no mind to become subjects of the king. My favorite translation of herodotus is found in a beautiful two volume edition from the heritage press. The history of herodotus by herodotus, part of the internet classics archive. Jul 01, 2001 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. 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. The history of herodotus macaulaybook v wikisource, the. I also purchased the histories from barnes and noble. The histories, however, is one of those books where an audiobook helps. Histories by herodotus translated by george rawlinson book 5 terpsichore.
Rape of io by phoenician traders as persian version of origin of eastwest conflict 1. What is the best translation of herodotus the histories. Power of vast thracian nation limited by disunity 3. Introduction reading herodotus, reading book 5 elizabeth irwin and emily greenwood i. He is known for having written the book the histories greek.
Book 1 book 2 book 3 book 4 book 5 book 6 book 7 book 8 book 9 5. After a short digression on thracian customs, herodotus tells us about megabazus conquest of thrace and the ensuing submission of eastern macedonia. 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. Terpsichore 1 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120. No other edition has so much informationanalysis as well as many maps. Opening alludes to homer, suggests epic scale and purpose memorialization. Book i 299k book ii 249k book iii 221k book iv 230k book v 162k book vi 174k.
Im becomming a little obsessed with history after getting this book. A 1464k textonly version is available for download. The internet classics archive the history of herodotus by. Darius set out to avenge their earlier invasion of media. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The famous first sentence of the work reads i, herodotus of helicarnassus, am here. Herodotus seems to have traveled extensively around the ancient world, conducting interviews and collecting stories for his book. Terpsichore the persians left behind by king darius in europe. While much of the information he gives has proved to be astonishingly accurate, he also entertains us with delightful tales of oneeyed men and golddigging ants. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures.
The history of herodotus book i the first book of the histories, called clio this is the showing forth of the inquiry of herodotus of halicarnassos, to the end that neither the deeds of men may be forgotten by lapse of time, nor the works great and marvellous, which have been produced some by hellenes and some by barbarians, may lose their renown. Bce 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. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it. Herodotus claims to have traveled extensively around the ancient world, conducting interviews and collecting stories for his book, almost all of which covers territories of the persian empire.
Herodotus wrote and compiled a history of the wars of the grecians and persians of the fifth century b. Herodotus has 364 books on goodreads with 123378 ratings. Map of the aegean world beginning of the ionian revolt. I also recommend the excellent introduction and the translation provided by david grene. This region, he reports, is a sandy desert, and the sand there contains a wealth of fine gold dust. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the histories of herodotus interlinear english translation. Feel free to submit interesting articles, tell us about this cool book you just read, or start a discussion about who everyones favorite figure of minor french nobility is. Book i 299k book ii 249k book iii 221k book iv 230k book v 162k book vi 174k book vii 286k book viii 179k book ix 168k download. The history of herodotus by herodotus written 440 b. Greek text with facing vocabulary and commentary, 2nd ed.
The herodotus histories was starting to interest me after appearing on the searches, but didnt purchase until researching more what it was about. Herodotus 1 greek and latin texts with facing vocabulary. Herodotus histories full audiobook book 1 of 3 youtube. Macmillan, london and ny 1890 contents start reading text zipped. The history of herodotus parallel englishgreek english translation. 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. Inquiries by herodotus translated by shlomo felberbaum. Im approaching book 5, its overdue at my library, i cant renew it, and. I think it is a personal preference as to how you think herodotus should sound in. July 20 this link contains a free pdf copy of herodotus book i. This collection of twelve essays by internationally renowned scholars represents an important contribution to scholarship on herodotus and will serve as an essential research tool for all those interested in book 5 of the histories, the interpretation of herodotean narrative, and the historiography of the ionian revolt. Herodotus the histories book one book two book three book four book five book six book seven book eight book nine. Greek researcher, often called the worlds first historian. Im approaching book 5, its overdue at my library, i cant renew it, and im just gonna take the overdue fines.
A study of the logoi in book 5 of herodotus histories edited by elizabeth irwin and emily greenwood excerpt. Being the second book of the famous history of herodotus london. Reading herodotus, one can often get bogged down in the loops of geography, people, history, culture and meandre through miles of esoterica. The history of herodotus macaulaybook v wikisource. In book 1, herodotus announces his purpose to memorialize the great and marvelous deeds of the greeks and their barbarian neighbors, and, more particularly, to show why they came into conflict. In book 4 of his history, herodotus relates the expedition of darius against the scythians, who were located in the western highlands of the persian empire.
I will chime in to recommend the landmark translation for the additional materials included with the book. The history of herodotus has been divided into the following sections. In book 3, passages 102 to 105, herodotus reports that a species of foxsized, furry ants lives in one of the far eastern, indian provinces of the persian empire. The history of herodotus, parallel englishgreek, tr. Publication date 1921 publisher london heinemann collection. 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. Online books about this author are available, as is a wikipedia article herodotus. The histories of herodotus interlinear english translation.
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. Such was the wealth which belonged to the ruler of babylon. 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 describes the rise of the lydian empire under croesus, who first subdued the greek settlements on the. Herodotus traveled extensively around the ancient world, conducting interviews and collecting stories for his book. His book about the wars between the persians and the greek city states was a collection of his historiahis inquirieswhich is where we get the very word history from yet he is also known to some as the father of lies. Herodotus the great greek historian was born about 484 bce, at halicarnassus in caria, asia minor, when it was subject to the persians. The histories was at some point through the ages divided into the nine books of modern editions, conventionally named after the muses. Im still on the fence mostly because its a very expensive albeit beautiful, book. English translation of herodotus history book 6, erato, by g. Harry carters rendering is readable and accurate throughout. For over 100 years oxford worlds classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Sep 21, 20 herodotus traveled extensively around the ancient world, conducting interviews and collecting stories for his book. Having found an occasion6 then, so soon as they saw that the ionians refused to be serviceable, they counted it gain for themselves to save their temples and their.