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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."
Herodotus [a] (Ancient Greek: Ἡρόδοτος, romanized: Hēródotos; c. 484 – c. 425 BC) was a Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus (now Bodrum, Turkey), under Persian control in the 5th century BC, and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy.
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Aubrey de Sélincourt (7 June 1894 – 20 December 1962) was an English writer, classical scholar, and translator.He was also a keen sailor. He had over 24 books credited to his authorship, [1] but is chiefly remembered for his translations—all for Penguin Classics—of Herodotus' The Histories (1954), Arrian's Life of Alexander the Great (1958), Livy's The Early History of Rome (Books I to ...
The stories of Rhampsinit are told in book 2 (chapter 121–124) and today known as Rhampsinit and the masterthief and Rhampsinit's visit to Hades.Herodotus starts the story in chapter 121 with a short introduction of the king: “After Proteus, they told me, Rhâmpsinitós received in succession the kingdom, who left as a memorial of himself that gateway to the temple of Hephaistos which is ...
Atys (Ancient Greek: Ἄτυς) is a legendary figure of the 2nd millennium BC who is attested by Herodotus to have been an early king of Lydia, then probably known as Maeonia. He was the son of Manes and the father of Lydus, after whom the Lydian people were later named. [1] Herodotus recounts that Maeonia was beset by severe famine during ...
Most of the life of Cleomenes is known through the Histories of Herodotus, an Athenian historian of the second half of the 5th century. [2] He is one the most important characters of books 5 and 6, covering the decades before the Persian Wars. [3]