It is in part a gripping and much revered tale of colossal confrontation between freedomloving greekspeaking peoples the athenians, spartans, and others and the seemingly unstoppable forces of the persians. Morris, commentary on thucydides book 1 agamemnon, hom. It has long been noticed that, besides firmament, sun, and moon, herodotuss persians adore the four fundamental elements of early greek natural. The earliest writings in prose had been the work of a group of greek intellectuals from the ionian cities of asia minor who, from about 550 b. Classical texts library pausanias, description of greece book 1. Apollodorus, library, book 1, chapter 1, section 1 perseus. He stresses the differences from greek religious behavior, with the persians exhibiting a natural and primeval form of religion. Jul 01, 2001 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. On his arrival, being asked by artaphernes, the sardian satrap, what he thought was the reason that the ionians had rebelled, he made answer that he could not conceive, and it had. Herodotus book 2 page 91 the danaans then, were a group whom the greeks thought of, at first, as coming up out of the land of egypt, but about seven generations later these same danaans were coming out of joppa in phoenicia. Here begins book vii called polymnia of herodotus histories, being the continuation of the narative from book vi. When perseus son of danae and zeus had come to cepheus son of belus and married his daughter andromeda, a son was born to him whom he called perses, and he left him there.
Against this amasis then cambyses the son of cyrus was making his march, taking with him not only other nations of which he was ruler, but also hellenes, both ionians and aiolians. The people of chemmis say that perseus often appears to them, sometimes within the sacred enclosure, sometimes in the open country. Full text of the historry of herodotus vol vi see other formats. They alone could tell perseus the way to some nymphs who possessed danae and the brazen tower, by edward burnejones 18331898. The history of herodotus volume 1 by herodotus free ebook. These fruits they regard as the children of mother earth, who in their opinion is the mother also of men and of gods, see j. His description of greece in ten books is a travellers account of sights of historical and cultural interest in the peloponnese and central greece. Erato aristagoras, the author of the ionian revolt, perished in the way which i have described.
Wells, a commentary on herodotus, book i, chapter 0. Being the second book of the famous history of herodotus london. My mother, thebe of the golden shield, i shall place your interests above my lack of leisure. Herodotus has 270 books on goodreads with 123868 ratings.
Perseus compared to moses and the danites of jaffa by john. Perseus, wanderings and exodus comparisons joshua and. In the lifetime of herodotus the writing of history, and indeed of prose of any sort, was still something of a novelty. He travelled widely in most of asia minor, egypt as far as assuan, north africa, syria, the country north of the black sea, and many parts of the aegean sea and the mainland of greece. Here are presented the results of the enquiry carried out by herodotus of halicarnassus. The internet classics archive the history of herodotus. Book 1 book 2 book 3 book 4 book 5 book 6 book 7 book 8 book 9 1. Chroniclers of the persians say the phoenicians came to argos, and made off with io. This is a chapterbychapter summary, with occasional notes, of the histories of herodotus, based mostly on the translation by peter greene 1987, with occasional reference to translations by a. The first book of the histories, called clio this is the showing forth of the inquiry of herodotus of halicarnassos, to the end that 1 neither the deeds of men may be forgotten by lapse of time, nor the works 2 great and marvellous, which have been produced some by hellenes and some by barbarians, may lose their renown. Advised by hermes and athena, perseus made his way to the three daughters of phorcys, sisters of the gorgons and old women in greek, the graiai from their birth.
The internet classics archive the history of herodotus by. Permission to reprint in nonprofit venues is hereby granted, although. The state of greece from the earliest times to the commencement of the peloponnesian war. List of people mentioned in herodotus, book one wikipedia. Herodotus the great greek historian was born about 484 bce, at halicarnassus in caria, asia minor, when it was subject to the persians.
Histories, by herodotus, is an ancient greek text that tells the history of the wars between greece and persia. Against this amasis then cambyses the son of cyrus was making. Online books about this author are available, as is a wikipedia article herodotus. Thus i have traced the descent according to the account given by the hellenes. Meanwhile histiaeus, tyrant of miletus, who had been allowed by darius to leave susa, came down to sardis. Perseus compared to moses and the danites of jaffa by. Herodotus was an ancient greek historian who lived in the fifth century bc c. He was the son of the argive princess danae who was locked away in a bronze chamber by her father akrisios acrisius who lived in fear of a prophecy that he would one day be killed by her son. At the beginning of the histories, herodotus sets out his reasons for writing it.
Herodotus at times relates various accounts of the same story. Greek text with facing vocabulary and commentary, 2nd ed. Makes gyges, his bodyguard, view his wife nude to prove her beauty. He has been called the father of history, and was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent and. Simultaneously, it tells the story of the growth of the persian empire. Perseus and the legends of argos oxford university press. Herodotus claims to have traveled extensively around the ancient world, conducting interviews and collecting stories for his book, almost all of which covers territories of the persian empire. To read the history herodotus only book is to seek ones roots as a member of western democratic civilization. The kings of the dorians they say counting up to perseus, son of danae, and so omitting the god are rightly given in the common greek lists, and rightly considered to have been greeks themselves. Pindar, isthmean, isthmian 1 for herodotus of thebes. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position.
Cassandane had died in the lifetime of cyrus, who had made a great mourning for her at her death, and had commanded all the subjects of his empire to observe the like. Book i clio the rapes of io, europa, and medea, which motivated paris to abduct helen. Herodotus says the persians call this female goddess mitra 1. Books iv and v of ovids metamorphoses include the version of perseus tale. The first words of the histories, in which he presents himself as the.
In wider legend, io was beloved by zeus and became the mother of epaphus, aka apis, the. Part of a complete english translation of herodotus. This massive collection includes important greek and latin classics in their original languages. Herodotus 1 greek and latin texts with facing vocabulary.
Clio these are the researches of herodotus of halicarnassus, which he publishes, in the hope of thereby preserving from decay the remembrance of what men have done, and of preventing the great and wonderful actions of the greeks and the barbarians from losing their due meed of glory. How croesus mute son fulfilled a prophecy by speaking his first words on an unlucky day 85. I am not going to say that these events happened one way or the other. In the regions of the senegal and the niger it is believed that the skygod and the earthgoddess are the parents of the principal spirits who dispense life and. Danaus and lynceus were chemmites before they set sail for greece, and from them perseus was descended, they said, tracing the genealogy.
Candaules, gyges, ardys, sadyattes, alyattes, croesus. Herodotus, the histories, book 1, chapter 1, section 0. July 20 this link contains a free pdf copy of herodotus book i. There are strong indications that this is not the original division.
Edwin longs 1875 interpretation of the babylonian marriage market as described by herodotus in book 1 of the histories a description the geographic location of several anatolian tribes, including the cappadocians, matieni, phrygians, and paphlagonians. Herodotus, book 2 alan brian lloyd snippet view 1975. Rape of io by phoenician traders as persian version of origin of eastwest conflict 1. The quarrel over succession by two of darius sons, artabazanes and xerxes 2. Apr 14, 2015 danaus and lynceus were chemmites before they set sail for greece, and from them perseus was descended, they said, tracing the genealogy.
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The subsequent trojan war is marked as a precursor to later conflicts between peoples of asia and europe. For example, in book 1 he mentions both the phoenician and the persian accounts of io. This article presents a list of people whom herodotus c. Herodotus biography, birth date, birth place and pictures. Suidas medusa there is a story told in hellas that before xerxes set forth on his march against hellas, he sent a herald to argos, who said on his coming so the story goes, men of argos, this. Pausanias was the greek writer who flourished in the c2nd a. By their account, the phoenicians arrived at our sea 5 from what is called the red sea 6 and, settling what is now their homeland, they immediately set about long sea voyages. However, herodotus at times arbitrates between varying accounts. Pausanias provides a comprehensive catalogue of temples. Our division of the histories in nine books goes back to an edition by scholars of the third century bce, working in the great library of alexandria.
Perseus, athena and head of medusa, apulian redfigure krater c4th b. Io came to egypt, and in revenge some greeks came to tyre and carried off europa, the kings daughter. Inside this precinct is a temple, and in the temple an image of perseus. All search options view abbreviations home collectionstexts perseus catalog research grants open source about help. Opening alludes to homer, suggests epic scale and purpose memorialization.
Hide browse bar your current position in the text is marked in blue. Herodotus, histories book 7 page 61 perseus, the son of danae wanting to establish for himself his own kingdom, despised that of the medes. Greek and latin grammars and commentaries are also included. This is a report of great and wonderful deeds by greeks and barbarians. Background and book 1 background herodotus 480after 430 bce halicarnassus where herodotus was from, very cosmopolitan place widely traveled, especially egypt lived in athens under pericles ruler of athens thurii helped found this place, an artificially created international city in. Cyrus had subjugated this astyages, then, cyrus own mothers father, for the reason which i shall presently disclose. May rocky delos, in whose praises i have poured myself out, not be indignant at me. He is known for having written the book the histories greek. Home collectionstexts perseus catalog research grants open source about. The story of perseus and medusa, an interpretation of its. Book i book ii book iii book iv book v book vi book vii book viii book ix chapter. He has been called the father of history, and was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent and arrange them in a wellconstructed and vivid narrative. It is only marcellinus 2 who gives to his mother the name of the mother of cimon, hegesipyle. Candaules or kandaules, last of the heraclids to rule asia.
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