Herodotus

Autorentext

Simon Hornblower is a Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. His previous books include The Greek World, 479 323 BC (first published 1983, fourth edition, 2011); The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume VI: The Fourth Century BC (new edition, 1994); and the Oxford Classical Dictionary (fourth edition, 2012), co-edited with Tony Spawforth and Esther Eidinow.

Klappentext

A historical and literary commentary in English on a central book of one of the two most important classical Greek historians.

Zusammenfassung
Herodotus's Histories Book V describes the revolt of the east Greeks against their Persian masters, which led to the great Persian Wars of 490-479 BC. This edition and commentary provides extensive help with the Greek text and basic historical information, as well as clear and insightful historical and literary interpretation.

Inhalt

Introduction; Text; Commentary.