Herodotus, with an English translation by A.D. Godley.

Main entry:

Herodotus.

Title & Author:

Herodotus, with an English translation by A.D. Godley.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass., Harvard Univ. Press; London, W. Heinemann Ltd. [1922-1938]

Description:

4 volumes folded maps 17 cm.

Series:

The Loeb classical library ; 117-120

Notes:
Greek and English on opposite pages.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
v. 1. Books I-II.-v. 2. Books III-IV.-v. 3. Books V-VII.-v. 4. Books VIII-IX. Index.

Summary:

After personal inquiry and study of hearsay and other evidence, Herodotus (born c. 484 BCE) gives us in his famous history of warfare between the Greeks and the Persians a not uncritical estimate of the best that he could find. 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.

ISBN:

0674991303 (hbk. ; alk. paper, v. 1)
9780674991309 (hbk. ; alk. paper, v. 1)
0674991311 (hbk. ; alk. paper, v. 2)
9780674991316 (hbk. ; alk. paper, v. 2)
0674991338 (hbk. ; alk. paper, v. 3)
9780674991330 (hbk. ; alk. paper, v. 3)
0674991346 (hbk. ; alk. paper, v. 4)
9780674991347 (hbk. ; alk. paper, v. 4)

Subject:

History, Ancient.
Histoire ancienne.
Greece History To 146 B.C.
Grèce Histoire Jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C.
Greece.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Godley, A. D. (Alfred Denis), 1856-1925, translator.
Loeb classical library ; 117-120.

Holdings:

Location: Library main y 204335
Call No.: D58 .H4 1922
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main y 204336
Call No.: D58 .H4 1922
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available

Location: Library main y 204337
Call No.: D58 .H4 1922
Copy: v. 3
Status: Available

Location: Library main y 204338
Call No.: D58 .H4 1922
Copy: v. 4
Status: Available

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