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Herodotus: The History
Herodotus
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Description for Herodotus: The History
Paperback. Translator(s): Grene, D. Num Pages: 710 pages, 8 maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 135 x 47. Weight in Grams: 670.
David Grene, one of the best known translators of the Greek classics, splendidly captures the peculiar quality of Herodotus, the father of history. Here is the historian, investigating and judging what he has seen, heard, and read, and seeking out the true causes and consequences of the great deeds of the past. In his History, the war between the Greeks and Persians, the origins of their enmity, and all the more general features of the civilizations of the world of his day are seen as a unity and expressed as the vision of one man who as a child ... Read more
David Grene, one of the best known translators of the Greek classics, splendidly captures the peculiar quality of Herodotus, the father of history. Here is the historian, investigating and judging what he has seen, heard, and read, and seeking out the true causes and consequences of the great deeds of the past. In his History, the war between the Greeks and Persians, the origins of their enmity, and all the more general features of the civilizations of the world of his day are seen as a unity and expressed as the vision of one man who as a child ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
Weight
669 g
Number of Pages
710
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226327723
SKU
V9780226327723
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99-1
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