A Commentary on Herodotus: With Introduction and Appendices Volume I (Books I-IV)
Ancient critics called Herodotus `the father of history'. He
was in fact the first to research and verify the events of the past
(historié) and then to relate their consequences to the present.
His Histories focus on the struggle between Persia and Greece from
the time of Croesus to that of Xerxes, though frequent digressions
provide a wealth of information on customs and cultures of peoples
foreign to the Greeks. This new paperback edition of How and
Wells's standard commentary (in print continuously since 1912)
deals with the first four books (out of nine), covering Persia from
Croesus to Cyrus, up to Darius' expedition against the
Scythians and Libyans. In addition to the detailed commentary,
aimed primarily at students, it includes short introductory
summaries of certain sections of text, a full introduction
describing Herodotus' life and composition of the Histories,
and fifteen appendices dealing with problems concerning the text
and content of these four books.
COMMENTARY ON BOOKS I-IV APPENDICES I-XV ETHNOGRAPHY OF WESTERN ASIA MINOR AND THE LYDIAN HISTORY OF HERODOTUS ASSYRIA AND BABYLON MEDIAN HISTORY CYRUS AND THE RISE OF PERSIA REIGN OF CAMBYSES AND THE EARLY YEARS OF DARIUS HYSTASPES PERSIAN SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT PERSIAN SATRAPIES RELIGION OF THE ANCIENT PERSIANS AND HERODOTUS HERODOTUS IN EGYPT HISTORY OF EGYPT IN RELATION TO HERODOTUS SCYTHIA AND THE SCYTHS SCYTHIAN EXPEDITION GEOGRAPHY OF HERODOTUS CHRONOLOGY OF HERODOTUS PELASGI ADDITIONAL NOTES
