Herodotus: Histories Book IX

by Herodotus, Michael A. Flower, John Marincola

Overview

Book IX of Herodotus' Histories is the conclusive climax to his work, as the victories at Plataea and Mycale complete the improbable Greek victory over Persia. This English commentary treats Herodotus' work as historical narrative and as literature, incorporating the results of recent scholarly research in Greek history and historiography. It contains a Greek text and detailed philological, literary, and historical notes designed to assist the intermediate Greek student.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521593687
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	12/05/2002
Series:	Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics , #9
Pages:	374
Product dimensions:	5.08(w) x 7.68(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Michael A. Flower is Professor of Classics at Franklin and Marshall College, Pennsylvania. He is the author of Theopompus of Chios: History and Rhetoric in the Fourth Century BC (HB 1994: ISBN 0198140797; PB 1997: ISBN 0198152434).

John Marincola is Associate Professor of Classics at New York University. He is the author of Authority and Tradition in Ancient Historiography (1997; ISBN 0521 480191).

Table of Contents

List of maps and figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Herodotus Histories Book IX; Commentary; Appendixes; Bibliography; Indexes.

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