About this title: Herodotus' Histories is the first major surviving prose work from antiquity. Its range of interests is immense, covering the whole of the known world and much beyond, and it culminates in a detailed account of the Persian Wars of the early fifth century BC. Moreover, recent research has shown that Herodotus is a sophisticated and at times even ...
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Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
Date Published: 2006-06-30
ISBN-13:9780521536837ISBN:0521536839
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Date Published: 2006
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 2006
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Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 8.9 by 1.06 inches. (400 pages) up-to-date introduction to the life and work of herodotus, the first historian in the western tradition. in this companion an international team of scholars discusses herodotus' histories, the first major surviving prose work from antiquity, and explores their background, methodology and ideas. each chapter introduces the reader to the most up-to-date herodotean scholarsh1p, providing critical insights and a guide to further reading on the ... read more
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Description: New. In this Companion an international team of scholars discusses Herodotus'Äô Histories, the first major surviving prose work from antiquity, and explores their background, methodology and ideas. Each chapter introduces the reader to the most up-to-date Herodotean scholarship, providing critical insights and a guide to further reading on the subject. read more
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"Arnaldo Momigliano remarked of Herodotus nearly forty years ago that 'the secrets of his workshop are not yet all out', and this is still the case; paradoxically, new approaches to the ancient world and to the writing of history in general have shown more clearly how little we understand the genesis of this great work and Herodotus' own accomplishment."
-- The Cambridge Companion to Herodotus (Cambridge Companions to Literature series)
I am in the process of reading THE HISTORIES by Herodotus and I just wanted to post what an invaluable resource this book is. I will not list the table of contents and the vast number of classical scholars that have contributed to this book (you only have to take a peek at the Table of Contents in Amazon to gain that useful information); but I would like to note that Carolyn Dewald and John Marincola who edited this book did a fantastic job; not solely as editors, but also as contributors.
There are few editors who can do such a credible job of evaluating the literary aspects of a work as great as this undertaking was. Some believe Herodotus to be the father of history -- while others cannot understand or fathom some of his other portrayals of the non-Greek lands; and yet others like to criticize his stories which were steeped in oral tradition.
But Dewald and Marincola get beyond all of the above and have focused in this book on the literary aspects of Herodotus and point simply to the greatness of his writing. That despite some of the factual debates that rage on, that his words still do make him the first historian of Western tradition and that their focus was on this literary masterpiece viewing him as an artist who was "also" the creator of this first inquiry into cause and effect.
Some of the chapters examine Herodotus as a "literary craftsman". These essays show how Herodotus was able to bridge for his readers the wonder of the literary past of his own Greek culture with the wonderful achievement and historical work which we have with us today. This ancient was able to give us a glimpse into what life was like and what was valued over 2500 years ago!
In reading Herodotus, I have found this resource a valuable one and frankly there are not many resources which span multiple topic areas as does this compilation. Many of the others seem to focus on historical references or their specific hypotheses. This book synthesizes the various views of Herodotus as a literary work and assists the reader who may be meeting Herodotus in his travels for the very first time as I am. For those of you who are traveling with Herodotus like I am doing today and are reading his formidable work for the first time, Dewald's and Marincola's edition will become your staunch and faithful armchair companion.
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