A Commentary on Herodotus: Volume I: Books I-IV

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W. W. How (late Fellow and Tutor, late Fellow and Tutor, Merton College, Oxford) J. Wells (late Warden, late Warden, Wadham College, Oxford)

A Commentary on Herodotus

Volume I: Books I-IV

W. W. How (late Fellow and Tutor, late Fellow and Tutor, Merton College, Oxford), J. Wells (late Warden, late Warden, Wadham College, Oxford)

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Oxford University Press
09 February 1989

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Historiography; General & world history; European history; Ancient history: to c 500 CE

Series: A Commentary on Herodotus

Ancient critics called Herodotus `the father of history'. He was in fact the first to research and verify the events of the past (historié) and then to relate their consequences to the present. His Histories focus on the struggle between Persia and Greece from the time of Croesus to that of Xerxes, though frequent digressions provide a wealth of information on customs and cultures of peoples foreign to the Greeks.

This new paperback edition of How and Wells's standard commentary (in print continuously since 1912) deals with the first four books (out of nine), covering Persia from Croesus to Cyrus, up to Darius' expedition against the Scythians and Libyans. In addition to the detailed commentary, aimed primarily at students, it includes short introductory summaries of certain sections of text, a full introduction describing Herodotus' life and composition of the Histories, and fifteen appendices dealing with problems concerning the text and content of these four books.

By: W. W. How (late Fellow and Tutor late Fellow and Tutor Merton College Oxford), J. Wells (late Warden, late Warden, Wadham College, Oxford)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 187mm, Width: 124mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 459g
ISBN: 9780198143840
ISBN 10: 0198143842
Series: A Commentary on Herodotus
Pages: 470
Publication Date: 09 February 1989
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Commentary on Books I-IV; Appendices I-XV; Ethnography of Western Asia Minor and the Lydian History of Herodotus; Assyria and Babylon; Median History; Cyrus and the Rise of Persia; Reign of Cambyses and the Early Years of Darius Hystaspes; Persian System of Government; Persian Satrapies; Religion of the Ancient Persians and Herodotus; Herodotus in Egypt; History of Egypt in relation to Herodotus; Scythia and the Scyths; Scythian Expedition; Geography of Herodotus; Chronology of Herodotus; Pelasgi; Additional Notes

Reviews for A Commentary on Herodotus: Volume I: Books I-IV

'the Introduction and notes ... remain, and not undeservedly so, a standard work of reference so that any cheap edition is much to be welcomed' Greece & Rome, Vol XXXVII No 1 April 1990