Herodotus, Histories Book IX (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) (Greek and English Edition) - Softcover

Herodotus/Flower/Marincol

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521596505 ISBN 13: 9780521596503

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Book IX of Herodotus' Histories is the conclusive climax to his work, as the victories at Plataea and Mycale complete the improbable Greek victory over Persia. This English commentary treats Herodotus' work as historical narrative and as literature, incorporating the results of recent scholarly research in Greek history and historiography. It contains a Greek text and detailed philological, literary, and historical notes designed to assist the intermediate Greek student.

About this title

Book Description:

Book IX of Herodotus' Histories provides the conclusion and climax to his work, as the victories at Plataea and Mycale complete the improbable Greek victory over Persia. This commentary, the first in English devoted solely to Book IX in over a century, treats Herodotus' work as both a historical narrative and a work of literature, incorporating the results of recent scholarly work in the fields of Greek history and historiography. It contains a Greek text together with detailed philological, literary, and historical notes designed to assist the intermediate Greek student.

About the Author:

Michael A. Flower is Professor of Classics at Franklin and Marshall College, Pennsylvania. He is the author of Theopompus of Chios: History and Rhetoric in the Fourth Century BC (HB 1994: ISBN 0198140797; PB 1997: ISBN 0198152434).

John Marincola is Associate Professor of Classics at New York University. He is the author of Authority and Tradition in Ancient Historiography (1997; ISBN 0521 480191).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521596505
• ISBN 13: 9780521596503
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 376