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Herodotus

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Herodotus was the inventor of universal history. Often called the Father of History, his histories are divided into nine books named after the nine muses. A native of Halicarnassus on the coast of Asia Minor (modern Bodrum, Turkey), he traveled extensively, writing lively descriptions of the lands mostra altro he saw and the peoples he encountered. Herodotus set out to relate the story of the conflict of the Greeks of his own time against the "barbarian" Asiatic empire of Achaemenid Persia. His long narrative, titled by modern convention The Histories, begins with the earliest traditions he believed reliable. It ends with a highly colored account of the defeat of the Persian emperor Xerxes and his immense army of slaves by a much smaller number of Greeks fighting to preserve their freedom. Herodotus wrote history, but his methods and assumptions were not those of a modern historian, and his work was unjustly rejected by his successor Thucydides as factually highly unreliable and full of inappropriate romance. By his own admission, Herodotus retold the stories of other peoples without necessarily believing them all. This allowed him total artistic freedom and control to create a picture of the world that corresponded entirely to his own view of it. The result is a picture of Herodotus's world that is also a picture of his mind and, therefore, of many other Greek minds during the period known as "late Archaic." During this period, the Greek mind was dominated by reason, the domain of the first philosophers and the observant and thoughtful medical theorists of the Hippocratic school. Traditional beliefs in the gods of Homer and in their Oracles, especially the Oracle at Delphi, also dominated during this period. The literary genius of Herodotus consisted in the art of the storyteller. The stories he chose to tell, and the order in which he told them, provide his readers with a total view of his world and the way in which the will of the gods and the ambitions of humans interacted to produce what is known as history. For this reason the ancient critic Longinus justly called Herodotus "the most Homeric of all authors." Like Homer, Herodotus strove to understand the world theologically---a goal that makes his work difficult for the reader to understand at first. But, in place of Homer's divine inspiration, Herodotus used his eyes and ears and wrote not poetry but prose. Rejecting what is commonly known as myth, he accepted instead "oral tradition" about remembered events. For example, although he believed that the Trojan War had been fought, he could not investigate it beyond what the poets had said. In his view this "ancient history" of the Greeks and the peoples of Asia was not like contemporary history, because the heroes of old who had created it were beings of a different and superior order who had had a different, direct, and personal relationship with the gods. In recognizing this distinction, Herodotus defined for all time the limits of the historian's discipline. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Roman copy of a Greek original of the early 4th century BC,
Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome, Italy
(Credit: Marie Lan-Nguyen, 2006)

Serie

Opere di Herodotus

Storie (0420) 10,073 copie
The Persian Wars (0425) 454 copie
Erodoto Storie, Vol. I-II (1920) 253 copie
Storie. Vol. 2: Libri V-IX (1915) — Autore — 148 copie
Madness of Cambyses (1600) 147 copie
Storie: Libro I (1909) 126 copie
The Histories (1998) 104 copie
L'Egitto (0430) 90 copie
The Struggle for Greece (1900) 48 copie
Herodoti Historiae (1997) 44 copie
Le storie (2002) 44 copie
Storie vol. 1 - Libri 1-2 (1984) 41 copie
Historia. Libros V-VI (1988) 38 copie
Historiae 7: Polymnia (1994) 34 copie
Erodoto e Tucidide (1964) 32 copie
Historiae 6: Erato (1896) 30 copie
Herodotus (1868) 25 copie
The Penguin Herodotus (1941) 23 copie
Història. Llibre II (2009) 18 copie
Herodotus, book II (1959) 18 copie
L'enquête 13 copie
Historiae 5: Terpsichore (1977) 13 copie
Libro 2.: L'Egitto (1978) 13 copie
Tarih (2006) 11 copie
Zeer korte verhalen (1987) 11 copie
The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories Volumes 1 & 2 (1940) — Collaboratore — 10 copie
Veertig verhalen (1998) 9 copie
Historiae 4: Melpomene (1978) 9 copie
Història. II (2009) 8 copie
Le storie di Erodoto (1992) — Autore — 8 copie
HISTORIA IV . Libro VII (2011) 5 copie
Storie vol. II Libri 5-9 (2007) 5 copie
L' ||Egypte : histoires (2010) 5 copie
The History (2010) 4 copie
Herodotus Book 1 (1986) 4 copie
Herodot i udvalg (1983) 4 copie
El club del hachís (1999) 3 copie
Histórias - Livro I (2007) 3 copie
Histories. Book VI (2017) 3 copie
Història. II 3 copie
Història. I 3 copie
Historia 3 copie
Historiae: Libri V-IX (1962) 3 copie
Storici greci (1993) 3 copie
Historias (1990) 2 copie
Història III 2 copie
Historiarum Libri ix (2010) 2 copie
Historias - Livro VI (2007) 2 copie
2: Libri 5.-9. (1998) 2 copie
The History 2 copie
Herodotos (2012) 2 copie
Histoires 2 copie
Dějiny 2 copie
Return to Atlantis (1992) 2 copie
Història (2000) 2 copie
Història (2001) 2 copie
Historia III 1 copia
Historias II 1 copia
Historias I 1 copia
Historia I 1 copia
Historia V 1 copia
Historia IV 1 copia
Historia II 1 copia
Herodotos 1 copia
Découverte du Monde (1996) 1 copia
Libri I, II 1 copia
Historia. Libro I, Clío (2010) 1 copia
Historias (1977) 1 copia
Historias 1 copia
HISTORITE 1 copia
Zgodbe (2006) 1 copia
Histoires, tome 1 : Clio (1932) 1 copia
Καλλιό 1 copia
Historia. Libros VI-VII (2021) 1 copia
Historia. Libros III-V (2020) 1 copia
Història 1 copia
Historien . Erster Band (1974) 1 copia
Auswahl aus Herodot. (1948) 1 copia
Book IX 1 copia
Book VIII 1 copia
Herodotus - 2 1 copia
Herodotus - 1 1 copia
Histories. Book 1 (2022) 1 copia
Book VI: Erato (1959) 1 copia
Herodot (2010) 1 copia
HERODOTUS THE HISTORIES (1972) 1 copia
Dějiny 1 copia
Historiae 1 copia
Book VIII (1993) 1 copia
Storie vol I 1 copia
Muzen 1 copia
Historien. Buch 3 (2007) 1 copia
˜Les œbarbares (2015) 1 copia
Història I (2000) 1 copia
Història (VII) (2010) 1 copia
Història (VI) (2009) 1 copia
Història IX 1 copia
Història V 1 copia
Història IV 1 copia
Història II 1 copia
The Greek Histories (2017) 1 copia
Great Books 6 1 copia
Introduction 1 copia
L'anello di Policrate. (2009) 1 copia
Il Nilo 1 copia
Elder-God Conspiracy (1988) 1 copia

Opere correlate

The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunits Volume 1 (1993) — Collaboratore — 564 copie
The Portable Greek Historians (1959) — Collaboratore — 552 copie
Britannica Great Books: Herodotus and Thucydides (1952) — Collaboratore — 351 copie
Voyages and Travels (1909) — Collaboratore — 213 copie
Greek Civilization and Character (1924) — Collaboratore — 150 copie
The Norton Book of Travel (1987) — Collaboratore — 110 copie
Classic Travel Stories (1994) — Collaboratore — 62 copie
The Book of the Sea (1954) — Collaboratore — 36 copie
Komt een Griek bij de dokter humor in de oudheid (2007) — Collaboratore — 25 copie
The Lock and Key Library (Volume 2: Mediterranean) (1909) — Collaboratore — 18 copie
The Gold of the Scythians: Treasures from the Hermitage (1991) — Collaboratore — 15 copie
Cat Encounters: A Cat-Lover's Anthology (1979) — Collaboratore — 11 copie
Selections from Greek Historians (1878) — Collaboratore — 10 copie
Stories from Herodotus (1965) — Story — 9 copie
The Realm of the Impossible (2017) — Collaboratore — 6 copie
Griekse geschiedschrijvers (1951) — Collaboratore — 6 copie
Evergreen Stories (1998) — Collaboratore — 5 copie
Ewiges Ãgypten (1962) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Égypte — Compositore — 1 copia

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Informazioni generali

Nome legale
Ήρόδοτος Άλικαρνάσσεως
Altri nomi
Herodotos
Data di nascita
484 BCE (circa)
Data di morte
425 BCE (circa)
Luogo di sepoltura
Thurii
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
Ancient Greece
Persian Empire
Nazione (per mappa)
Greece
Turkey
Luogo di nascita
Halicarnassus
Luogo di morte
Thurii
Luogo di residenza
Halicarnassus
Athens
Thurii
Attività lavorative
historian

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Discussioni

Herodotus Reread of Book I in Ancient History (Febbraio 2021)
New Herodotus in Ancient History (Novembre 2013)
Herodotus (Anything and Everything) in Ancient History (Dicembre 2008)
Herodotus vs. Thucydides in Ancient History (Marzo 2007)

Recensioni

Herodotus was a storyteller. The man loved hearing and repeating a good story, even if he felt it necessary to also write down, "Now, I don't believe this myself, I'm just telling you what I heard." He traveled all over what was the known world to a 5th Century BC Ionian Greek talking to leading citizens and gathering material for his epic of ethnography, geography and history, with the Greco-Persian Wars providing the organizing backbone of the work. The Histories is a mixture of the mythological and the historically accurate, and where that line is drawn in this work is still a matter for debate evidently. Wherever that may be, this is what people in this part of the world 2,500 years ago believed, which the curious mind of today will find interesting.

I found this Oxford University Press translation to be very readable, and the notes/commentary to be helpful in answering many "how historically accurate is THAT" questions, and in pointing out references to other sections of the work. This is definitely a two bookmark book, one for the main text and one for the running commentary that comes after. Also extremely helpful is having access to Wikipedia at your fingertips, especially for aiding your sense of the geography of the story. Pro tip: Greece at the time was a highly fractious plethora of city-states ranging from Libya to Asia Minor. You're gonna need to look places up.
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lelandleslie | 84 altre recensioni | Feb 24, 2024 |
Very accessible. Lots and lots of yummy maps. Definitely worth it for the accounts of Thermopylae and Plataea. Also of note is the description of (ancient) Egypt.
 
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Byakhee | 21 altre recensioni | Feb 21, 2024 |
En estos libros, Heródoto, nos narra la conquista de Egipto por parte de Cambises, y el golpe de estado de Darío. Nos describe el imperio persa, con más o menos acierto. No despreciemos las historias fantásticas que el mismo Heródoto, sin creérselas nos transmite, ya que hasta las más absurdas, tienen base histórica. Nuevamente, las fantásticas notas a pie de página nos aclaran esto y mucho más. Continua describiendo hechos e historias de Samos, únicos y valiosísimos. La conquista de Tracia, Escitia (que fracasó), Cirenaica y Libia, deteniéndose siempre en narrar las historias fundacionales, la fauna y flora, la geografía, clima, costumbres, etc.… (altro)
 
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carlosisaac | 3 altre recensioni | Feb 19, 2024 |
Esta Historia de Heródoto, puede criticarse desde la comodidad de la perspectiva que tenemos en la actualidad de la misma manera que un adulto achacoso critica los primeros pasos de un niño. La historia no deja de avanzar actualmente pero, estos dos primeros libros supusieron los primeros pasos, que se dieron de forma ejemplar y vigorosa, con una trascendencia que aún supera los primeros que se dieron en la Luna. Sí, estos libros, están plagados de anécdotas, fábulas, cuentos, leyendas, en su mayoría de origen popular. No desdeñemos ese material, lo podemos digerir desde otras perspectivas, y el resultado será muy nutritivo. Heródoto, gusta de buscar el origen racional, incluso en lo más irracional, hablarnos de las costumbres cotidianas, religiosas y políticas, además de mencionar hechos bélicos. Realiza detalladas descripciones y cita a varios autores, polemizando en ocasiones. sus descripciones físicas suelen ir acompañadas de medidas; Heródoto nos abruma con pesos y distancias constantemente, sin embargo este ejemplar de la Biblioteca Clásica Gredos, nos da todas las equivalencias, además de todas las aclaraciones necesarias. Heródoto, es alguien que ha viajado, que ha realizado muchas entrevistas, que ha leído y que ha asistido a muchos eventos religiosos, festividades etc. En estos dos libros, se nos narran los antecedentes de la guerra entre persas y griegos. Comienza con Lidia y su rey Creso, si bien, nos pone en antecedentes y en contexto sin perder detalle. En el segundo libro, nos habla de Egipto, sus faraones, guerras, costumbres, particularidades culturales geográficas, etc. En resumen, fuera de toda discusión: Heródoto es de lectura obligatoria, pero, además es gratamente entretenido de leer, máxime si las notas de esta edición no nos dejan ningún dato sin aclarar.… (altro)
 
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carlosisaac | 2 altre recensioni | Jan 24, 2024 |

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Statistiche

Opere
616
Opere correlate
26
Utenti
16,799
Popolarità
#1,338
Voto
4.1
Recensioni
156
ISBN
586
Lingue
23
Preferito da
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