The Persian Wars 3-4 Read By Herodotus
| Title | : | The Persian Wars 3-4 |
| Author | : | Herodotus |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Page | : | 588 pages |
| ISBN | : | 0674991311 |
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 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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Herodotus h r d t s Ancient Greek H r dotos was an ancient Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus, Caria modern day Bodrum, Turkey and lived in the fifth century BCE c 484 425 BCE He has been called The Father of History first conferred by Cicero , as well as The Father of Lies first conferred by Voltaire He was the first historian known to collect his material Herodotus h r d t s Ancient Greek H r dotos was an ancient Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus, Caria modern day Bodrum, Turkey and lived in the fifth century BCE c 484 425 BCE He has been called The Father of History first conferred by Cicero , as well as The Father of Lies first conferred by Voltaire He was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent, and arrange them in a well constructed and vivid narrative The Histories his masterpiece and the only work he is known to have produced is a record of his inquiry or histor a, a word that passed into Latin and acquired its modern meaning of history , being an investigation of the origins of the Greco Persian Wars and including a wealth of geographical and ethnographical information Although some of his stories were fanciful and others inaccurate, he claimed he was reporting only what had been told to him Little is known of his personal history.It was not until the time of Herodotus that gods began to have less influence upon history that was written, yet it was still implied because of the largely accepted view of the Greeks and the expectations that they may have had of how The Histories would be written History was becoming of a knowledge rather than an amusement Because of Herodotus wanting people to accept what he had to write, he implemented stories that may have not directly correlated to gods, but rather implemented the idea that miracles or supernatural events took place As was the story of Arion and the dolphin While on a boat the men found out that Arion, who was a musician, was worth lots of money and decided to have him killed The crew gave him two options, that either he jump ship or they kill him on the spot Arion flung himself into the water and a dolphin carried him to shore.Herodotus was concerned with putting pleasure before knowledge, unless he did not believe that the gods had a dramatic influence on history and was rather just trying to please his audience Like the story of the king having his servant look upon his naked wife, and when spotting him hiding, asked him to kill her husband 78 This, like many stories of Herodotus, are told in great detail, and for the simplicity of dramatic effect This refers back to the way bards used to tell their poems or stories to their audience Herodotus was accused by many because of such detailed accounts, and even called a liar by some In his writing we can already see that there was no direct association with gods 
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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 wi
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