From the editor of the widely praised The Landmark Thucydides, a new Landmark Edition of The Histories by Herodotus, the greatest classical work of history ever written.
Herodotus was a Greek historian living in Ionia during the fifth century BCE. He traveled extensively through the lands of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea and collected stories, and then recounted his experiences with the varied people and cultures he encountered. Cicero called him “the father of history,” and his only work, The Histories, is considered the first true piece of historical writing in Western literature. With lucid prose that harks back to the time of oral tradition, Herodotus set a standard for narrative nonfiction that continues to this day.
In The Histories, Herodotus chronicles the rise of the Persian Empire and its dramatic war with the Greek city-states. Within that story he includes rich veins of anthropology, ethnography, geology, and geography, pioneering these fields of study, and explores such universal themes as the nature of freedom, the role of religion, the human costs of war, and the dangers of absolute power.
Ten years in the making, The Landmark Herodotus gives us a new, dazzling translation by Andrea L. Purvis that makes this remarkable work of literature more accessible than ever before. Illustrated, annotated, and filled with maps, this edition also includes an introduction by Rosalind Thomas and twenty-one appendices written by scholars at the top of their fields, covering such topics as Athenian government, Egypt, Scythia, Persian arms and tactics, the Spartan state, oracles, religion, tyranny, and women.
Like The Landmark Thucydides before it, The Landmark Herodotus is destined to be the most readable and comprehensively useful edition of The Histories available.
希罗多德的《历史》,较早曾有商务印书馆出版的王以铸译本,由于翻译年代比较早,其中的一些译名与我们当下通行的译名有异,难免使人读来有困惑感,加上缺乏相应历史背景的介绍和注解,故而在早年读过一遍,不得要领后,也提不起重新翻阅的兴趣。后来听说徐松岩在既有成果的基...
评分 评分我时常有一种时光倒错感,这种感觉在阅读历史书籍的时候犹为强烈。比如,我正在阅读远古时期的一场战场,我会感觉它就发生在不久以前,而我童年的一些经历却好象是发生在很久以前的事了。如果我们把一次次阅读也当成一场场梦,如果我们的梦不会醒来,我们是无法分清它和现实之...
评分希罗多德这本书曾遭到不够严谨,混入了许多不真实的奇闻怪谈的批评。但在我看来,这却恰恰是其一个优点,即事实丰富,颇具趣味。不像《伯罗奔尼撒战争史》虽然足够严肃,但读起来终归有些枯燥。 读古希腊的历史,不能孤立的来看它。而作为地中海文化圈的一个部分,古希...
评分事物之间必有联系,是人类各种文明穷尽其自身一切可能预设的认识论前提,也是一种本体论承诺。而如何更容易更清晰地发现并厘清事物之间的联系,则决定了不同文明可能达到的高度与广度。也就是说,不同文明能够达到的层次,一方面依赖于其持续时间的长久,另一方面也仰仗于梳理...
被这个版本和这个出版社感动得快哭了,真的是人生见过的制作最用心、读着感觉最好的历史书排版:每页各种详细地图、底下各种详细注释、每段边上的批注、书尾的附录。手上另外两本牛津版和企鹅版的被完爆十八条街。读的时候就默默难过,要是史记啊资治通鉴啊也能出这样的版本就好了T,T,也不用每次一边读、一手google map、一手照着历朝地图艰苦地翻翻翻了。又为这个版本感动又为国文史籍没这样的版本遗憾甚至难过。
评分Herodotus是一个有点像gossip girl的历史学家,比Thucydides讨喜一些。
评分Herodotus' Histories is such a fun history book and story book!
评分西方史学开山之作,以波斯征服史为主线,希腊殖民史为副线,穿插神话传说、奇闻轶事,勾勒出一幅公元前五世纪东地中海到中西亚各民族的完整历史画卷。希罗多德天南海北恣意游走的叙事风格看似漫不经意,实则暗具匠心,可读性极强(除埃及部分),让我一个非专业读者爱不释手。有对风俗习惯的客观记录,也有抑残暴波斯扬自由雅典的春秋笔法。更要感谢这一版的编者,用详尽的史图和注解为普通读者铺平了通向古代世界的道路。
评分西方史学开山之作,以波斯征服史为主线,希腊殖民史为副线,穿插神话传说、奇闻轶事,勾勒出一幅公元前五世纪东地中海到中西亚各民族的完整历史画卷。希罗多德天南海北恣意游走的叙事风格看似漫不经意,实则暗具匠心,可读性极强(除埃及部分),让我一个非专业读者爱不释手。有对风俗习惯的客观记录,也有抑残暴波斯扬自由雅典的春秋笔法。更要感谢这一版的编者,用详尽的史图和注解为普通读者铺平了通向古代世界的道路。
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