books about: herodotus     books:     Herodotus      The Histories (Oxford World's Classics) Herodotus Oxford University Press, USA, 1998 Joy to read! Growing up in Turkey, every student had to study world history including the events covered in this book. However, our history lessons consisted of memorizing dates and names of what was in the state approved text books. The contrast of that approach, to learning ...             The Histories (Oxford World's Classics) Herodotus Oxford University Press, USA, 2008 "The father of history," as Cicero called him, and a writer possessed of remarkable narrative gifts, enormous scope, and considerable charm, Herodotus has always been beloved by readers well-versed in the classics. Compelled by his desire to "prevent the traces of human events from being erased by time," Herotodus recounts the incidents ...             The Histories of Herodotus (Complete) LeClue 22, 2008 A very entertaining book full of amusing stories antidotes and observations. Some true and some Mythical. So much more then a history book its really a historical novel as the author invented dialogue for the historical figures. It?s for this reason that the text is sometimes called ?The Book of Lies? by more exacting historians.. this book is the ...             Travels with Herodotus (Vintage International) Ryszard Kapuscinski Vintage, 2008 The Journeyman Journalist's Journeys Kapuscinski writes with wit and charm, or at least his translator makes him sound utterly adorable in English, a gentle observer of life who treads very lightly on places and events. For sheer reading pleasure, I have to give this book a five-star rating as an airplane ...             The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories Herodotus Pantheon, 2007 A fantastic work Wow! I can't believe I actually read this entire book...and thought doing so was really cool! To be sure, looking up each footnote slowed the reading down considerably, making reading more than 15 pages an effort, but on the other hand, knowing where all the ...             A History of Histories: Epics, Chronicles, Romances and Inquiries from Herodotus and Thucydides to the ... John Burrow Knopf, 2008 A truly monumental work I have always been a history nut, reading history after history throughout my life. And one cannot read these histories without realizing that there is a difference between the way the historians viewed their subjects, and how they went about recording history. In this ...             The History Herodotus University Of Chicago Press, 1988 If you want to understand how strange Herodotus really is. . . this is to my mind the only translation for you. Herodotus was not a historian; rather, he was an inquirer, and a displayer of inquiry. I've never read another translation that captures the profound uncertainty about the operation of the universe that radiates from ...             The Way of Herodotus: Travels with the Man Who Invented History Justin Marozzi Da Capo Press, 2008 History Comes Alive Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the World What would Herodotus have made of the start of 21st Century? We can never know for sure, but in Justin Marozzi's page-turning romp following the travels of Herodotus we get an informed and amusing point of view. He ...             The Histories (Everyman's Library) Herodotus Everyman's Library, 1997 The father of History is also a good historian The Histories is sheer ecstasy and emotion, and the reader is kept attentive trough the many fascinating histories narrated by Herodotus, always keen on given the reader the most accurate version to the many stories he was told regarding some important issue. By this ...             The Histories (Penguin Classics) Herodotus Penguin Classics, 2003 Father of History This book is required for anyone interested in historiography or history generally. I will keep my comments brief: 1. One of the first known writing of history. 2. A comprehensive study of the then known world (though there are errors and problems in it). 3. All ...             Selections from Herodotus Amy L. Barbour University of Oklahoma Press, 1977 Good selection with excellent toolbox provided A good selection of usually quite exciting stories - many of which are pure fiction rather than anything resembling modern history. Herodotos was a truly great storyteller.He is usually introduced in the curriculum only after Basic Greek and Attic Prose (Platon, ...             Herodotus: The Histories (Penguin Classics) Herodotus Penguin Classics, 1996 . . . excellent for Graduate students and pundits as well. The Histories, as pointed out by a previous reviewer, are a vital text that every person who has succeeded in graduating high school should be exposed to. It should be included in all World Literature approaches, which is why, if you are reading this review for a ...             THE HISTORIES --- UPDATED w/LINKED TOC Classics-Unbound, 2008 Buy this version Since there are other reviews of Heroditus' The Histories, I won't add to the list concerning an excellent classic. What I can comment on is the quality of the Kindle version. Having downloaded two copies of the Histories in the same day, I found this version to be ...             Herodotus Book I (Greek Commentaries Series; Book 1) George A. Sheets Bryn Mawr Commentaries, 1981 AN EXCELLENT COMMENTARY. At last: a commentary that actually helps the student who wants to read Herodotus' Greek. It prints the O.C.T, which is what most students are asked to read, explains the main differences between Ionic and Attic, and then proceeds to comment, clearly and ...             The Portable Greek Historians: The Essence of Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius (Viking Portable ... Penguin (Non-Classics), 1977 Leaves you wanting for more Dont be confused by the relatively low ranking, this book is good. The only trouble is that it only contains fragments of the greatest historians ever. Though this is what the editor set out to do, you will feel cheated by not having the whole story to read. 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