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Incorporates the Labyrinth scenes inspired by Herodotus' description in Book II of The Histories. Vidal, G. Creation. Interprets many scenes from the Persian viewpoint. Wolfe, G. Soldier of the Mist. First of a series of novels by a popular fantasy author. Anthony Minghella, The English Patient. The title character, a severely burnt man with an ...
The series was received with appreciation and positive reviews from both scholars and book reviews. For example, Edward Rothstein wrote in the New York Times that "the publication of 'The Landmark Herodotus' (Pantheon) which includes a new translation by Andrea L. Purvis, and extensive annotation by scholars is such a worthy occasion for celebrating Herodotus' contemporary importance."
Parallel Greek and English text of the History of Herodotus at the Internet Sacred Text Archive; Herodotus Histories on the Perseus Project; Herodotus Histories on the Scaife Viewer; Excerpts of Sélincourt's translation; The Histories of Herodotus Archived 11 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine, A.D. Godley translation with footnotes ("Direct ...
Herodotus is commonly called "The Father of History." [50] His book The Histories is among the oldest works of prose literature in existence. Thucydides's book History of the Peloponnesian War greatly influenced later writers and historians, including the author of the book of Acts of the Apostles and the Byzantine Era historian Procopius of ...
This article presents a list of people whom Herodotus (c.484–c.425 BC) mentioned in Book One of his major work The Histories. Herodotus presented his theme as "recording the achievements of both our own (Greek) and other peoples; and more particularly, to show how they came into conflict". [1]
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 18 (P. Oxy. 18) is a fragment of the first book of the Histories of Herodotus (chapters 105-106), written in Greek. It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The fragment is dated to the third century AD. [1] It is housed in the British Library (Department of Manuscripts). The text was published by ...
Battus was born on the Greek island of Thera.What is known of Battus’ family background is from the Greek historian Herodotus.His father, Polymnestus, was a Therean nobleman; Herodotus reports that the Cyrenes identify his mother as Phronima, daughter of Etearchus or Eteachos by his first wife, was King of Oaxus (a city on the Greek island of Crete).
The Histories by Herodotus is a series of books about the war between Greece and Persia during the 5th century. It is a detailed account of the men that served and the battles that were fought. I found this book on the third floor of Moody Library in the "D" section. If you go to the right it is on the aisle marked between D7-D117 on the top shelf.
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