Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | Commentary on Herodotus in two volumes
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| Other authors / contributors: | Wells, J. (Joseph), 1855-1929, author.
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| ISBN: | 9780191945847 (ebook) : No price
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| Notes: | Previously issued in print: 1912.
"In two volumes, volume II (books V-IX)".
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
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| Summary: | Herodotus has been called by Cicero and other ancient critics 'the father of history'. He was in fact the first to make the events of the past the subject of research and verification (historie) and then relate their consequences to the present. The main subject of his Histories is the struggle between Persia and Greece from the time of Croesus to that of Xerxes; added to this are frequent digressions, varying in length, giving a wealth ofinformation on customs and cultures of people foreign to the Greeks. This paperback edition of How and Wells's standard commentary on the Histories (in print continuously since 1912) deals with the last five books (out of nine) covering Sparta under King Cleomenes, the Battles of Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis, and the final rout of the Persians at Plataea in 479 BC.
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| Target Audience: | Specialized.
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| Other form: | Print version : 9780198721390
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