Herodotus translation book 8

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. Hide browse bar your current position in the text is marked in blue. 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. Herodotus 1 greek and latin texts with facing vocabulary. In its first logos, we witness the naval engagement on the sea between aphetae and artemisium.

The book also illuminates greek views of themselves and of peoples from the east, the problematic relationships between different greek states in the face of the invasion, and the role of the divine in history. Herodotus has 267 books on goodreads with 122786 ratings. Online books about this author are available, as is a wikipedia article herodotus. The history of herodotus has been divided into the following sections. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. 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. He describes the rise of the lydian empire under croesus, who first subdued the greek settlements on the.

At the time of the shipwreck off mount pelion he had recovered for the persians a great part of what they lost. The history of herodotus, volume 1 by herodotus full text. 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. 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. Herodotus of halicarnassus here displays his inquiry, so that. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Im still on the fence mostly because its a very expensive albeit beautiful, book. The introduction provides context for the translation to come.

Herodotus the great greek historian was born about 484 bce, at halicarnassus in caria, asia minor, when it was subject to the persians. 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. 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. What is the best translation of herodotus the histories. I also recommend the excellent introduction and the translation provided by david grene. Reginald walter macan, herodotus, the seventh, eighth. Herodotus the history general index book 1 clio book 2 euterpe book 3 thalia book 4 melpomene book 5 terpsichore book 6 erato book 7 polymnia book 8 urania book 9 calliope. Dec, 2007 this battle forms the centrepiece of book viii of herodotus histories. 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 that1 neither the deeds of men may be forgotten by lapse of time, nor the works2 great and marvellous, which have been produced some by hellenes and some by barbarians, may. The history of herodotus by herodotus, part of the internet classics archive. Jun 18, 2007 bloom has little trouble talking about eros. Herodotus, who spent much of his life traveling, was one of the most erudite historians of his. Herodotus says so much cool stuff, you owe it to yourself to read it in a good translation i.

At the beginning of the histories, herodotus sets out his reasons for writing it. 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. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position. The histories of herodotus is considered one of the seminal works of history in western literature. Book viii of herodotus histories covers the early part of the unsuccessful invasion of greece by xerxes, king of persia. Since the original internet text was not indexed, i added the paragraph index marker system which was used in the modern library edition of rawlinsons text, published under the title of the persian wars by herodotus, 1942. 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. With the dawn of the day of the battle of salamis in ch. The history of herodotus, parallel englishgreek, tr. Book i 299k book ii 249k book iii 221k book iv 230k book v 162k book vi 174k book vii 286k book viii 179k. Feb 06, 2010 it could be that your translation was just uninviting. Being the second book of the famous history of herodotus london. Urania 1 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 140. The internet classics archive the history of herodotus.

The history of herodotus, parallel englishgreek index. Macmillan, london and ny 1890 contents start reading text zipped. The history of herodotus by herodotus written 440 b. An unfortunate result of his more elaborately worked writing has been failure to understand his words, and hence much misplaced editorial intervention.

It is useful and functional, although knox introductions to the iliad and the odyssey fagles translations strike me as better at putting the work in its place. Jan 14, 2016 27 4 so after the watch of the thessalians saw them first, they were overcome with fear, because they thought it to be a sign of sorts, and after the watch the army itself was overcome with fear in the same way, so that the phocians got possession of four thousand dead and shields. Clio 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. He is known for having written the book the histories greek.

The history of herodotus parallel englishgreek english translation. Hopefully they represent a standard notation for referencing the text. Godley loeb classical library edition, 4 volumes in greek and english. The internet classics archive the history of herodotus by. This edition provides all the help required by a reader with little experience of greek. Histories godley translationbook 8 wikisource, the free. David grenes translation of herodotus the history is a good version of the greek historians magnum opus. Urania the greeks engaged in the seaservice were the following. 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. Power of vast thracian nation limited by disunity 3. Greek researcher, often called the worlds first historian. His histories, which provide an account in nine books of the conflict between the greece and asia from the middle of the sixth century b.