{"product_id":"the-histories-9780393933970","title":"The Histories","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWalter Blanco’s acclaimed translation of \u003cem\u003eThe Histories\u003c\/em\u003e is now available in its entirety in this revised and expanded Norton Critical Edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003e  Acknowledgements \u003cbr\u003e  Chronology of Events \u003cbr\u003e  A Note on the Persian Wars\u003cbr\u003e  List of Maps  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Histories\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBOOK 1\u003cbr\u003e  BOOK 2\u003cbr\u003e  BOOK 3\u003cbr\u003e  BOOK 4\u003cbr\u003e  BOOK 5\u003cbr\u003e  BOOK 6\u003cbr\u003e  BOOK 7\u003cbr\u003e  BOOK 8\u003cbr\u003e  BOOK 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBackgrounds\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAeschylus • From \u003ci\u003eThe Persians\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Bacchylides • Third Epinician Ode\u003cbr\u003e  Thucydides • From \u003ci\u003eThe Peloponnesian War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  [The Hippocratic Corpus] • From \u003ci\u003eAirs, Waters, Places\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Aristotle • From \u003ci\u003ePolitics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Plutarch • From On the Malice of Herodotus\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Amazons: Contrasting Accounts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Diodorus of Sicily • From \u003ci\u003eBibliotheca Historica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Strabo • From \u003ci\u003eGeographica\u003c\/i\u003e1.5.1–4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCommentaries\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEarly Modern Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIsaac Taylor • [The Consequences of the Greek Victory for Western Civilization: A Christian View]\u003cbr\u003e  John Stuart Mill • [The Consequences of the Greek Victory for Western Civilization: A Secular View]\u003cbr\u003e  Thomas Babington Macaulay • [The Purpose and Method of History]\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eModern Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI.Background\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  R. G. Collingwood • History’s Nature, Object, Method, and Value\u003cbr\u003e  Christian Meier • The Origins of History in Ancient Greece\u003cbr\u003e  Oswyn Murray • Greek Historians\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII. Herodotus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  James Romm • The Shape of Herodotus’ World\u003cbr\u003e  Charles W. Fornara • Herodotus’ Perspective\u003cbr\u003e  Arnaldo Momigliano • The Place of Herodotus in the History of Historiography\u003cbr\u003e  J. A. S. Evans • Father of History or Father of Lies: The Reputation of Herodotus\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII. The Persian Wars\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  A. T. Olmstead • Persia and the Greek Frontier Problem\u003cbr\u003e  Arther Ferrill • Herodotus and the Strategy and Tactics of the Invasion of Xerxes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV. Aspects of Herodotus' Work\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  A.W. Gomme • Herodotos and Aeschylus\u003cbr\u003e  François Hartog • Amazons: Difference and Inversion\u003cbr\u003e  Rosaria Vignolo Munson • Artemisia in Herodotus\u003cbr\u003e  John Hart • Themistocles in History\u003cbr\u003e  Virginia Hunter • [Homer, Herodotus, and the Egyptian Logos]\u003cbr\u003e  Donald Lateiner • Five Systems of Explanation\u003cbr\u003e  James Redfield • Herodotus the Tourist\u003cbr\u003e  Siep Stuurman • Herodotus and Sima Qian: History and the Anthropological Turn in Ancient Greece and Han China\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003e  Selected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e  Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525174927703,"sku":"9780393933970","price":23.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780393933970.jpg?v=1731859518","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-histories-9780393933970","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}