Reading Herodotus : A Guided Tour through the Wild Boars, Dancing Suitors, and Crazy Tyrants of The History /

Debra Hamel's book is a lively introduction to The History of the Persian Wars, Herodotus' account of Persia's expansion under four kings - Cyrus, Cambyses, Darius, and Xerxes - and its eventual collision with the city-states of Greece. The History can be a long slog for modern reader...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hamel, Debra (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Md. : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Herodotus. > History.
Herodotus > ca. 485 v. Chr.-424 v. Chr. > Historiae
History (Herodotus)
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a How to destroy a mighty empire: the story of Croesus of Lydia -- Cannibals and conquests: the story of Cyrus the Great -- Horny goats and medicinal urine: the Egyptian logos -- Madness and mummies: the reign of Cambyses -- Meanwhile, elsewhere in the Mediterranean: the stories of Polycrates and Periander -- Earless imposters and randy mounts: the early reign of Darius the Great -- The trouble with nomads: Darius' Scythian campaign -- Stuttering colonists and lousy deaths: the Libyan logos -- Tattooed slaves and ousted tyrants: post-Pisistratid Athens and the Ionian revolt -- Miltiades, madness, and Marathon: the first Persian War -- Feats of engineering and doomed valor: the Second Persian War to the Battle of Thermopylae -- Trial by trireme: the Battles at Artemisium and Salamis -- Concluding scenes: the Battles of Plataea and Mycale and the siege of Sestus. 
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