The histories

Resource Information

The work The histories represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Nevins Memorial Library (Methuen). This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The histories

Statement of responsibility

Herodotus ; translated by Tom Holland ; introduction and notes by Paul Cartledge

Creator

• Herodotus

Contributor

• Holland, Tom
• Cartledge, Paul

Author

• Herodotus

Translator

• Holland, Tom

Writer of supplementary textual content

• Cartledge, Paul

Subject

• Herodotus
• Herodotus -- Translations into English
• History
• History, Ancient
• History, Ancient
• Persian Wars (Greece : 500-449 B.C.)
• To 146 B.C
• Translations
• Greece
• Greece -- History -- Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C
• Greece -- History -- To 146 B.C

Genre

• Translations
• Translations into English
• History

Language

eng

Summary

In Tom Holland's vibrant translation, one of the great masterpieces of Western history springs to life. Herodotus of Halicarnassus--hailed by Cicero as the "Father of History"--composed his histories around 440 BC. The earliest surviving work of nonfiction, The Histories works its way from the Trojan War through an epic account of the war between the Persian empire and the Greek city-states in the fifth century BC, recording landmark events that ensured the development of Western culture and still capture our modern imagination. Beautifully packaged in a Penguin Classics Deluxe edition with a comprehensive array of tools to guide first-time readers and experts alike, this accessible translation makes Herodotus fresh and irresistible once more

Member of

• Penguin classics

Cataloging source

YDXCP

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

Language note

Translated from the Ancient Greek

LC call number

D58

LC item number

.H4713 2015

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Penguin classics