The Landmark Herodotus：The Histories

图书标准信息

• 作者 Robert B. Strassler 著；Robert B. Strassler 编
• 出版社 Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• 出版时间 2009-06
• ISBN 9781400031146
• 定价 223.90元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 1024页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

FromtheeditorofthewidelypraisedTheLandmarkThucydides,anewLandmarkEditionofTheHistoriesbyHerodotus.CicerocalledHerodotus"thefatherofhistory,"andhisonlywork,TheHistories,isconsideredthefirsttruepieceofhistoricalwritinginWesternliterature.Withlucidprose,Herodotus'saccountoftheriseofthePersianEmpireanditsdramaticwarwiththeGreekcitysatessetastandardfornarrativenonfictionthatcontinuestothisday.Illustrated,annotated,andfilledwithmaps—withanintroductionbyRosalindThomas,twenty-oneappendiceswrittenbyscholarsatthetopoftheirfields,andanewtranslationbyAndreaL.Purvis—TheLandmarkHerodotusisastunningeditionofthegreatestclassicalworkofhistoryeverwritten.

【作者简介】

BobStrassler,agraduateofHarvardandHarvardBusinessSchool,wherehewasaBakerScholar,isthepresidentofRiversideCapitalManagementCorp.andanunaffiliatedscholarwhosearticleshaveappearedintheJournalofHellenicStudies.HereceivedanhonorarydegreeasDoctorofHumanitiesandLettersfromBardCollegein1996.Avioladagambamusician,heisthechairmanoftheAstonMagnaFoundationforMusicandtheHumanities.AndreaL.PurvisreceivedherPh.D.inClassicalStudiesfromDukeUniversityin1998andteachesinDukeUniversity'sDepartmentofClassicalStudies.