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The Essential Herodotus.
GIC Collection at Penn Libraries
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, William A. (William Allen), 1956-
- GIC Course Text Collection (University of Pennsylvania) PU
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Classics.
- Local Subjects:
- Classics.
- Contents:
- Book 1 1
- Prologue 1
- Proem: The Opening Sentence 2
- The Snatchings of Women 2
- Croesus and Tales of Lydia 5
- Croesus 6
- Gyges and the Wife of Candaules 6
- Early Kings of Lydia: Ardys, Sadyattes, Alyattes and the War against Miletus 9
- Periander at Corinth: Arion and the Dolphin 11
- Croesus and Solon 13
- Atys and Adrastus 17
- Croesus Tests the Oracles 20
- Croesus Seeks an Ally 23
- Croesus Attacks Cyrus 31
- Cyrus Counterattacks: The Siege of Sardis 35
- Croesus on the Pyre 38
- Cyrus and Croesus 40
- The Marvels and Customs of Lydia 42
- Tales of Cyrus and the Rise of the Persians 45
- Cyrus the Great 46
- Background: Deioces, and the Rise of the Medes 46
- The Birth and Upbringing of Cyrus 49
- The Punishment of Harpagus 53
- How Cyrus Became King 54
- Cyrus's Last Campaign 60
- The Land of the Massagetae 61
- Cyrus attacks the Massagetae 62
- The Marvels and Customs of the Massagetae 66
- Book 2 67
- Cambyses and Tales of Egypt 67
- Cambyses 68
- Psammetichus and the Antiquity of Egypt 68
- Physical Geography of Egypt 71
- The Nile River 72
- The Marvels and Customs of Egypt 75
- The Kings of Egypt 83
- Book 3 93
- Cambyses Invades Egypt 93
- The Causes for the Invasion 94
- Preparations for the Invasion 95
- The Attack on Egypt 97
- Cambyses and the Apis Bull 100
- The Madness of Cambyses 102
- Crisis and Constitutional Debate 107
- A False Smerdis Declares Himself King and Cambyses Dies 108
- The Seven Overthrow the Magi 112
- The Constitutional Debate 115
- Book 4 119
- Darius Invades Scythia 119
- Why Darius Attacked Scythia 120
- Origins of the Scythians 122
- The Marvels and Customs of Scythia 124
- Darius Prepares to Invade 131
- Darius Crosses the Ister 135
- Physical Geography of Scythia and Its Neighbors 135
- Excursus: Sauromatae and the Amazons 138
- The Neighboring States Take Counsel 140
- The Scythians Lead and the Persians Follow 141
- Darius Challenges the Scythians to Fight 143
- Darius Retreats and the Scythians Give Chase 145
- The Ionians at the Bridge and Darius's Arrival 146
- Books 5 and 6 148
- The Ionian Revolt 148
- Aristagoras Visits Sparta 149
- Athens and the Burning of Sardis 152
- Histiaeus Hoodwinks Darius 156
- The Persians Move to Re-establish Control Even as the Revolt Spreads 157
- Histiaeus Joins the Revolt 159
- Sea Battle at Lade and the Fall of Miletus 161
- The Fate of Histiaeus 165
- The Final Subjugation of Ionia 166
- Book 6 (Continued) 167
- The First Invasion of Greece: Mardonius and Marathon 167
- The Invasion of Europe: Mardonius's Misadventure 168
- Subjugation of the Cyciades 170
- Subjugation of Eretria 172
- The Battle of Marathon 173
- Book 7 183
- Xerxes Invades Greece 183
- Darius Decides upon a Full-Scale Invasion 184
- Council of the Persians 187
- Xerxes and the Dream 191
- Xerxes Prepares to Invade 194
- Bridging the Hellespont 199
- Xerxes Marches into Europe 200
- Xerxes Counts and Reviews the Host 203
- Xerxes and Demaratus 204
- Artemisium and Thermopylae 206
- Council at the Isthmus 207
- Artemisium 208
- Thermopylae 213
- Xerxes and Demaratus 222
- Book 8 225
- Salamis 225
- The Greeks Evacuate Athens 226
- The Greek Fleet 227
- The Persians Occupy Attica and Burn Athens 230
- The Greeks Deliberate. Themistocles Tries to Persuade Eurybiades 232
- Signs from the Gods 234
- The Persians Deliberate. Artemisia Tries to Persuade Xerxes 235
- The Greek Resolve Wavers. Themistocles' Message to Xerxes 237
- The Battle of Salamis 240
- Xerxes Decides to Return to Susa 245
- Book 9 248
- Coda 248.
- ISBN:
- 9780199897957
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