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Histories
Herodotus
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Description for Histories
Paperback. This volume includes a wealth of helpful footnotes; more than a dozen maps and illustrations; a chronology of the Archaic Age; a glossary of main characters, places, and terms; suggested further reading; and an index of proper nouns. Translator(s): Mensch, Pamela. Num Pages: 584 pages, maps & illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 782.
This volume includes a wealth of helpful footnotes; more than a dozen maps and illustrations; a chronology of the Archaic Age; a glossary of main characters, places, and terms; suggested further reading; and an index of proper nouns.
Product Details
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
779 g
Number of Pages
584
Place of Publication
Cambridge, MA, United States
ISBN
9781624661136
SKU
V9781624661136
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About Herodotus
Pamela Mensch's translation of Diogenes Laertius' Lives and Doctrines of Eminent Philosophers is forthcoming from Harvard Universtiy Press. James Romm is the James H. Ottaway, Jr. Professor of Classics at Bard College and author of Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire and Dying Every Day: Seneca at the ... Read more
Reviews for Histories
This edition reproduces the fluent pace and readability of Herodotus' world-encompassing work. Mensch has produced a close translation of Herodotus' Greek that is also an engrossing read in English. As an old-time Herodotean, I found myself drawn into Herodotus' universe of history and story all over again. Combined with Romm's elegant introduction, which conveys the lure of Herodotus' work, the ... Read more