Herodotus

Histories Book VII

Chris Carey (University College London), Herodotus

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Cambridge University Press
30 May 2025

Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Ancient Greek

Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics

Herodotus' Histories are the primary source for the conflict between Greece and the enormous Persian Empire in the fifth century BC. Book VII begins after the defeat of the first Persian invasion by Athens at the Battle of Marathon and covers the Persian decision to launch the second invasion through to the first encounter of its army with a small but determined Greek force at Thermopylai. After fierce resistance, the Greeks are outflanked and surrounded, and the rearguard is massacred. The story of the battle passed rapidly into legend and has exercised a profound and lasting influence on the imagination across the world. Book VII merges many of the central themes of the Histories and is arguably Herodotus' most sustained engagement with Greek epic, whilst also rich in ethnographic and geographical detail. This edition provides all the linguistic help and historical background required by students to read and appreciate it.

By: Herodotus
Edited by: Chris Carey (University College London)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9780521479462
ISBN 10: 0521479460
Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
Pages: 550
Publication Date: 30 May 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Introduction; ΗΡΟΔΟΤΟΥ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΩΝ Η ΠΟΛΥΜΝΙΑ; COMMENTARY; Bibliography; Indexes.

CHRIS Carey is Emeritus Professor of Greek at University College London. He has published widely on Greek epic, lyric, tragedy, comedy, oratory and law, history and historiography, and Hellenistic poetry, and is a Fellow of the British Academy.