Author:
Herodotus.
Edition Statement:1st ed.
Imprint:New York : Pantheon Books, c2007.
Descriptionlxiv, 953 p. : ill., col. maps ; 25 cm.
Note:Introduction / Rosalind Thomas -- Editor's preface / Robert B. Strassler -- Translator's preface / Andrea L. Purvis -- Dated outline of text -- Key to maps -- Book One. Proem ; reign of Croesus of Lydia : conquers Greeks in Asia, defeated by Cyrus ; Life story of Cyrus -- Book Two. Egyptian customs and society ; History of Egypt : Min to Sethos -- Book Three. Reign of Cambyses, conquest of Egypt ; Spartans make war on Polykrates of Samos ; Magi revolt, reign of Smerdis ; reign of Darius -- Book Four. Description of Scythia and Scythians ; Darius' expedition to Scythia ; Libya and the Persians -- Book Five. Darius' European campaign : Hellespont, Thrace ; the Ionian Revolt -- Book Six. Kleomenes King of Sparta, Aegina, Athens ; Marathon campaign -- Book Seven. Xerxes' preparations and march to Greece ; Maneuvers in the north, Battle of Thermopylae -- Book Eight. Naval battles off Artemision ; Battle of Salamis -- Book Nine. Battle of Plataea ; Battle of Mycale -- Appendices. The Athenian government in Herodotus / Peter Krentz -- The Spartan state in war and peace / Paul Cartledge -- The account of Egypt : Herodotus right and wrong / Alan B. Lloyd -- Herodotean geography / James Romm -- Herodotus and the Black Sea region / Everett L. Wheeler -- Rivers and peoples of Scythia / Everett L. Wheeler -- The continuity of steppe culture / Everett L. Wheeler -- The Ionian Revolt / George L. Cawkwell -- Classical Greek religious festivals / Gregory Crane -- Ancient Greek units of currency, weight, and distance / Thomas R. Martin -- Dialect and ethnic groups in Herodotus / William F. Wyatt -- Aristocratic families in Herodotus / Carolyn Higbie -- Herodotus on Persia and the Persian Empire / Christopher Tuplin -- Hoplite warfare in Herodotus / John W.I. Lee -- The Persian army in Herodotus / John W.I. Lee -- Oracles, religion, and politics in Herodotus / Donald Lateiner -- Herodotus and the poets / Andrew Ford -- The size of Xerxes' expeditionary force / Michael A. Flower -- Trireme warfare in Herodotus / Nicolle Hirschfeld -- Tyranny in Herodotus / Carolyn Dewald -- On women and marriage in Herodotus / Carolyn Dewald.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 846-849) and indexes.
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