希罗多德
The Landmark Herodotus 豆瓣
作者:
Herodotus
/
Robert B. Strassler
译者:
Andrea L. Purvis
出版社:
Pantheon
2007
- 11
From the editor of the widely praised The Landmark Thucydides, a new Landmark Edition of The Histories by Herodotus, the greatest classical work of history ever written.
Herodotus was a Greek historian living in Ionia during the fifth century BCE. He traveled extensively through the lands of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea and collected stories, and then recounted his experiences with the varied people and cultures he encountered. Cicero called him “the father of history,” and his only work, The Histories, is considered the first true piece of historical writing in Western literature. With lucid prose that harks back to the time of oral tradition, Herodotus set a standard for narrative nonfiction that continues to this day.
In The Histories, Herodotus chronicles the rise of the Persian Empire and its dramatic war with the Greek city-states. Within that story he includes rich veins of anthropology, ethnography, geology, and geography, pioneering these fields of study, and explores such universal themes as the nature of freedom, the role of religion, the human costs of war, and the dangers of absolute power.
Ten years in the making, The Landmark Herodotus gives us a new, dazzling translation by Andrea L. Purvis that makes this remarkable work of literature more accessible than ever before. Illustrated, annotated, and filled with maps, this edition also includes an introduction by Rosalind Thomas and twenty-one appendices written by scholars at the top of their fields, covering such topics as Athenian government, Egypt, Scythia, Persian arms and tactics, the Spartan state, oracles, religion, tyranny, and women.
Like The Landmark Thucydides before it, The Landmark Herodotus is destined to be the most readable and comprehensively useful edition of The Histories available.
Herodotus was a Greek historian living in Ionia during the fifth century BCE. He traveled extensively through the lands of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea and collected stories, and then recounted his experiences with the varied people and cultures he encountered. Cicero called him “the father of history,” and his only work, The Histories, is considered the first true piece of historical writing in Western literature. With lucid prose that harks back to the time of oral tradition, Herodotus set a standard for narrative nonfiction that continues to this day.
In The Histories, Herodotus chronicles the rise of the Persian Empire and its dramatic war with the Greek city-states. Within that story he includes rich veins of anthropology, ethnography, geology, and geography, pioneering these fields of study, and explores such universal themes as the nature of freedom, the role of religion, the human costs of war, and the dangers of absolute power.
Ten years in the making, The Landmark Herodotus gives us a new, dazzling translation by Andrea L. Purvis that makes this remarkable work of literature more accessible than ever before. Illustrated, annotated, and filled with maps, this edition also includes an introduction by Rosalind Thomas and twenty-one appendices written by scholars at the top of their fields, covering such topics as Athenian government, Egypt, Scythia, Persian arms and tactics, the Spartan state, oracles, religion, tyranny, and women.
Like The Landmark Thucydides before it, The Landmark Herodotus is destined to be the most readable and comprehensively useful edition of The Histories available.
历史（上下）（新译详注本） 豆瓣
作者:
[古希腊] 希罗多德
译者:
徐松岩
出版社:
中信出版社
2013
- 11
编辑推荐：
★“史学之父”希罗多德传世巨著，堪称欧洲《史记》；
★徐松岩教授倾力译注十余载，汇聚国际史学百年研究精华；
★编撰注释3100余条，订正译文2600余处，新译详注本震撼面世！
内容简介：
希罗多德所著《历史》是西方第一部历史学巨著，以希波战争为主体，插叙大量史事及资料，实际上成为对当时希腊人所知的世界各民族历史文化的“调查研究报告”。
全书以希腊人和异族人的相互关系为主线，叙述了吕底亚、米底、巴比伦、埃及、波斯、印度、斯基泰亚、利比亚以及希腊爱琴海地区的地理环境、民族分布、经济生活、政治制度、历史往事、风土人情、宗教信仰、名胜古迹等；随后集中记述了古代“世界大战”的经过，从战端初启，经过马拉松战役、萨拉米斯海战，直至普拉提亚之战和米卡列之战结束。
希罗多德是一位故事大师，善于驾驭、搭配各种资料；著作内容广博、丰赡，文笔简练、优美，富有韵致，生动地展示了古代众多国家、地区和民族的相互关系和生活图景，保存了大量的历史学、地理学、人类学、民族学、神话学、宗教学以及地质学、生物学等方面的珍贵资料，俨如一部关于古代世界的“通志”和“百科全书”。
媒体评价：
希罗多德的不朽之作《历史》，是西方第一部真正的历史著作，也是人类史学宝库中一颗璀璨夺目的明珠。
——张广智（《西方史学史》）
希罗多德首先发现了文化史之意义。
——H. 巴恩斯（《历史编纂史》）
希罗多德将地理史记及考订学与史学相联系，于是历史学开始在艺术与科学中开始占有一独立地位。
——J. T. 绍特威尔（《史学史导论》）
希罗多德把严肃的科学内容跟具有高度艺术性的表述方法结合到一起：他的《历史》也正是用散文写成的史诗。
——C. Я. 卢里叶（《希罗多德论》）
希罗多德著作最引人注目的事实就是它的统一性，其次就是他所表现的精神，有着许多突出的优点：聪明的好奇心、诚挚的态度和良好的判断力等等。……他保持了诗歌的朴素、自然和魅力。他不但是一位历史家而且是一位诗人。他的词汇清晰简洁，字里行间富有宗教色彩和诗意。他的文笔流畅、亲切而优雅。
——J.W. 汤普森（《历史著作史》）
★“史学之父”希罗多德传世巨著，堪称欧洲《史记》；
★徐松岩教授倾力译注十余载，汇聚国际史学百年研究精华；
★编撰注释3100余条，订正译文2600余处，新译详注本震撼面世！
内容简介：
希罗多德所著《历史》是西方第一部历史学巨著，以希波战争为主体，插叙大量史事及资料，实际上成为对当时希腊人所知的世界各民族历史文化的“调查研究报告”。
全书以希腊人和异族人的相互关系为主线，叙述了吕底亚、米底、巴比伦、埃及、波斯、印度、斯基泰亚、利比亚以及希腊爱琴海地区的地理环境、民族分布、经济生活、政治制度、历史往事、风土人情、宗教信仰、名胜古迹等；随后集中记述了古代“世界大战”的经过，从战端初启，经过马拉松战役、萨拉米斯海战，直至普拉提亚之战和米卡列之战结束。
希罗多德是一位故事大师，善于驾驭、搭配各种资料；著作内容广博、丰赡，文笔简练、优美，富有韵致，生动地展示了古代众多国家、地区和民族的相互关系和生活图景，保存了大量的历史学、地理学、人类学、民族学、神话学、宗教学以及地质学、生物学等方面的珍贵资料，俨如一部关于古代世界的“通志”和“百科全书”。
媒体评价：
希罗多德的不朽之作《历史》，是西方第一部真正的历史著作，也是人类史学宝库中一颗璀璨夺目的明珠。
——张广智（《西方史学史》）
希罗多德首先发现了文化史之意义。
——H. 巴恩斯（《历史编纂史》）
希罗多德将地理史记及考订学与史学相联系，于是历史学开始在艺术与科学中开始占有一独立地位。
——J. T. 绍特威尔（《史学史导论》）
希罗多德把严肃的科学内容跟具有高度艺术性的表述方法结合到一起：他的《历史》也正是用散文写成的史诗。
——C. Я. 卢里叶（《希罗多德论》）
希罗多德著作最引人注目的事实就是它的统一性，其次就是他所表现的精神，有着许多突出的优点：聪明的好奇心、诚挚的态度和良好的判断力等等。……他保持了诗歌的朴素、自然和魅力。他不但是一位历史家而且是一位诗人。他的词汇清晰简洁，字里行间富有宗教色彩和诗意。他的文笔流畅、亲切而优雅。
——J.W. 汤普森（《历史著作史》）