Herodotus
Autor(a) de The Histories
About the Author
Herodotus was the inventor of universal history. Often called the Father of History, his histories are divided into nine books named after the nine muses. A native of Halicarnassus on the coast of Asia Minor (modern Bodrum, Turkey), he traveled extensively, writing lively descriptions of the lands mostrar mais he saw and the peoples he encountered. Herodotus set out to relate the story of the conflict of the Greeks of his own time against the "barbarian" Asiatic empire of Achaemenid Persia. His long narrative, titled by modern convention The Histories, begins with the earliest traditions he believed reliable. It ends with a highly colored account of the defeat of the Persian emperor Xerxes and his immense army of slaves by a much smaller number of Greeks fighting to preserve their freedom. Herodotus wrote history, but his methods and assumptions were not those of a modern historian, and his work was unjustly rejected by his successor Thucydides as factually highly unreliable and full of inappropriate romance. By his own admission, Herodotus retold the stories of other peoples without necessarily believing them all. This allowed him total artistic freedom and control to create a picture of the world that corresponded entirely to his own view of it. The result is a picture of Herodotus's world that is also a picture of his mind and, therefore, of many other Greek minds during the period known as "late Archaic." During this period, the Greek mind was dominated by reason, the domain of the first philosophers and the observant and thoughtful medical theorists of the Hippocratic school. Traditional beliefs in the gods of Homer and in their Oracles, especially the Oracle at Delphi, also dominated during this period. The literary genius of Herodotus consisted in the art of the storyteller. The stories he chose to tell, and the order in which he told them, provide his readers with a total view of his world and the way in which the will of the gods and the ambitions of humans interacted to produce what is known as history. For this reason the ancient critic Longinus justly called Herodotus "the most Homeric of all authors." Like Homer, Herodotus strove to understand the world theologically---a goal that makes his work difficult for the reader to understand at first. But, in place of Homer's divine inspiration, Herodotus used his eyes and ears and wrote not poetry but prose. Rejecting what is commonly known as myth, he accepted instead "oral tradition" about remembered events. For example, although he believed that the Trojan War had been fought, he could not investigate it beyond what the poets had said. In his view this "ancient history" of the Greeks and the peoples of Asia was not like contemporary history, because the heroes of old who had created it were beings of a different and superior order who had had a different, direct, and personal relationship with the gods. In recognizing this distinction, Herodotus defined for all time the limits of the historian's discipline. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: Roman copy of a Greek original of the early 4th century BC,
Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome, Italy
(Credit: Marie Lan-Nguyen, 2006)
Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome, Italy
(Credit: Marie Lan-Nguyen, 2006)
Séries
Obras por Herodotus
Grolier Classics: Scarlet Letter, History of Herodotus, Utilitarianism and On Liberty, Sonnets (1956) 18 exemplares
L'enquête 13 exemplares
Historia - Libros I-II: 1-2 (Biblioteca Clasica Gredos) 10 exemplares
Herodotus, with an English translation by A. D. Godley 10 exemplares
Herodotus Reader: Annotated Passages from Books I-IX of the Histories (Focus Classical Commentary) (2010) 8 exemplares
ERODOTO STORIE - VOLUME SECONDO - (LIBRI V-IX) 8 exemplares
Stories from Herodotus; a panorama of events and peoples of the ancient world. Selected and translated by Glanville… 7 exemplares
Herodotos, Volume 4 6 exemplares
L'enquête. Livres I à IV 6 exemplares
Herodote Histoires (Livre IX) 5 exemplares
History of the Persian Wars: Books I, II (The Great Books Foundation discussion program. The second year course) (1949) 5 exemplares
Herodotus, the Seventh, Eighth, & Ninth Books: With Introduction, Text, Apparatus, Commentary, Appendices, Indices,… (1973) 5 exemplares
Herodotus, books VII and VIII 5 exemplares
Herodotus, Volume III: Books V-VII: Greek Text 4 exemplares
Grandes Batallas Del Mundo Antiguo / Great Battles of the Ancient World (Spanish Edition) (2010) 4 exemplares
História 3 exemplares
Historia Las guerras mâedicas 3 exemplares
Historia Las guerras mâedicas 3 exemplares
Herodots Historie 1 3 exemplares
Das Geschichtswerk Zweiter Band 3 exemplares
Història. II 3 exemplares
Herodotus : the seventh, eighth, & ninth books 3 exemplares
Història. I 3 exemplares
Historia 3 exemplares
Historia 3 exemplares
Historia 3 exemplares
L'Enquête Livres 1 a 4 3 exemplares
Complete Works of Herodotus 3 exemplares
Le storie. Libri 89. La vittoria della Grecia.. Introduzione, Traduzione e Note Di Fulvio Barberis Con Un Saggio… (1990) 3 exemplares
ENQUÊTE LIVRES I À IV (L') 3 exemplares
Historia 3 exemplares
STORIES FROM HERODOTUS 3 exemplares
HERODOTI [HERODOTUS: HISTORIAE] HISTORIARUM LIBRI IX [VOL. II. 2 ONLY] Edidit Henr. Rudolph. Dietsch. Editio Altera.… (1896) 3 exemplares
Herodotus: Persian Wars: A Companion to the Penguin Translation of "Books V-IX (Classical Studies Series) (1991) 3 exemplares
Història, volum II 2 exemplares
Historia -- Las guerras médicas III 2 exemplares
Histoires, tome 2 2 exemplares
Histoires, Livres I à IV développements de l'Empire Perse: I. Clio - II. Euterpe - III. Thalie - IV. Melpomène / 2 exemplares
Herodotus, erklärt von H. Stein 2 exemplares
Herodoti Volumen Primum: Historiarum Liber Primum 2 exemplares
Història III 2 exemplares
Herodots Historie 2 2 exemplares
Herodoti Historiarum libri IX Vol. 1 [...] 2 exemplares
Erodoto e Tucidide 2 exemplares
The History: The Persian War on Greece, Athens and the Spartans at Thermopylae, Salamis and Marathon (2009) 2 exemplares
Storie, volume secondo, Libri V-IX 2 exemplares
The Greek Historians: The Complete and Unabridged Works of Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon and Arrian, Vol. 1 (1942) 2 exemplares
Herodoti Historiarum libri IX Vol. 2 [...] 2 exemplares
Histories of Herodotus, Volume II 2 exemplares
Das Geschichtswerk Bd. 1 [...] 2 exemplares
Histoires 2 exemplares
Los nueve libros de La historia de Herodoto de Halicarnaso (v.1) (Spanish Edition) (1909) 2 exemplares
Landmark Herodotus 2 exemplares
Histories Books I - III 2 exemplares
The Persian Wars 2 exemplares
Historiarum libri IX 2 exemplares
The History 2 exemplares
Herodotus. Book VIII 2 exemplares
Historiarum, Libri 9 2 exemplares
HERODOTI [HERODOTUS: HISTORIAE] HISTORIARUM LIBRI IX [VOL. I ONLY] Edidit Henr. Rudolph. Dietsch. Editio Altera.… (1935) 2 exemplares
Herodotus History - Greece History of the Persian Wars (Traditional Chinese Edition) (1997) 2 exemplares
HISTORIATEOS 1. - WSOY 2 exemplares
Dějiny 2 exemplares
Herodoti Historiae Libri V-IX 2 exemplares
Le storie 2: Le guerre persiane 2 exemplares
Le Storie. Libro II: L'Egitto 2 exemplares
Herodots Historie - Andet Hæfte 1 exemplar
Herodots Historie - Tjedie Hæfte 1 exemplar
Herodots Historie - Fjerde Hæfte 1 exemplar
Historia V 1 exemplar
Herodots Historie - Femte Hæfte 1 exemplar
Historia IV 1 exemplar
HERODOTO HISTORIAS TOMO II 1 exemplar
Herodots Historie - Første bog. Kleio. 1 exemplar
Herodotos - Zweiter Band - Buch III und IV 1 exemplar
Historias I 1 exemplar
Historias II 1 exemplar
HISTORIATEOS 2 1 exemplar
Herodotos - Erster Band - Buch I und II 1 exemplar
The Thief versus King Rahamptimitus 1 exemplar
Historia III 1 exemplar
Historia - Classicos Jackson - Volume XXIV 1 exemplar
Herodotos - Dritter Band - Buch V und VI 1 exemplar
Historia II 1 exemplar
Histories 1 exemplar
Herodoti Halicarnassei Historiarum Libri IX, Vol. 1: Adiectus Est Libellus de Vita Homeri (Classic Reprint) (Latin… (2017) 1 exemplar
HERODOTO HISTORIAS TOMO III 1 exemplar
Hérodote : Histoires, livre V 1 exemplar
Découverte du Monde Antique 1 exemplar
The History of the P... War 1 exemplar
History of Herodotus 1 exemplar
Herodotus; 8, 1-90: Artemisium and Salamis. With introd. and notes by E.S. Shuckburgh Volume 8 (2010) 1 exemplar
Historiens grecs 1 exemplar
The history of Herodotus — Volume 1 1 exemplar
The history of Herodotus — Volume 2 1 exemplar
The Histories: Complete 1 exemplar
تاريخ هيرودوت 1 exemplar
Historien : griechisch-deutsch Bd. 2 [...] 1 exemplar
Historien : griechisch-deutsch Bd. 1 [...] 1 exemplar
Historia I 1 exemplar
Herodotus [2] Books III-IV 1 exemplar
Herodots Historie - Tredje Binds Andet Hæfte 1 exemplar
Herodotos' historia 1 exemplar
Herodotus [4] Books VIII-IX 1 exemplar
Herodotus [3] Books V-VII 1 exemplar
Struggle for Greece, The 1 exemplar
Herodot's von Halikarnaß Geschichte, Vol. 6: Zweite Abtheilung (Classic Reprint) (German Edition) (2017) 1 exemplar
Macht heeft vele minnaars (Vijftig verhalen- 1 exemplar
Herodotos Forschungen 1 exemplar
Επτά νουβέλες και τρία ανέκδοτα 1 exemplar
Histoire. Tome II 1 exemplar
Histoire. Tome I 1 exemplar
HERODOTO HISTORIAS TOMO I 1 exemplar
Selections from Herodotus, Book 1 1 exemplar
Historia El Egipto antigüo 1 exemplar
Los 9 libros de la historia, II 1 exemplar
A Batalha de Termópilas 1 exemplar
O Anel de Polícrates e outras Histórias 1 exemplar
Libri I, II 1 exemplar
History of the Greek and Persian War 1 exemplar
The Persian Wars, Volume 2 (Unabridged) 1 exemplar
Clásicos Jackson: XXIII: História: I 1 exemplar
Clásicos Jackson: XXIV: História: II 1 exemplar
Historiarum libri 1 exemplar
8: Libro 8.: battaglia di Salamina 1 exemplar
Histórias livro 4º 1 exemplar
Histórias - livro 3º 1 exemplar
Le storie: libro II, l'Egitto 1 exemplar
Libro 9.: La battaglia di Platea 1 exemplar
Historias 1 exemplar
ΕΠΤΑ ΝΟΥΒΕΛΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΙΑ ΑΝΕΚΔΟΤΑ 1 exemplar
Harangues Tirées D'hérodote, De Thucyde, Des Histoires Grecs De Xénophon, De Sa Retraite Des… (2012) 1 exemplar
Ägyptische Märchen 1 exemplar
Herodot's von Halikarnaß Geschichte 1 exemplar
Ἡροδότου Ἁλικαρνησσέος ἱστορίης ἀπόδεξις 1 exemplar
HISTORITE 1 exemplar
Herodoti Orientalia antiquiora; 1 exemplar
Historiarum Libri LX 1 exemplar
Ιστορία 1 exemplar
Historien: Deutsche Gesamtausgabe 1 exemplar
L'Egypte d'Hérodote : Livre II 1 exemplar
Histoires... Texte établi et traduit par Ph. E. [Philippe-Alexandre-Ernest-Félix] Legrand,... 1 exemplar
ΚΑΛΛΙΟΠΗ 1 exemplar
The Persian Wars, Volume 1 (Unabridged) 1 exemplar
Κλειώ Τόμος Α' 1 exemplar
Ουρανία 1 exemplar
Καλλιό 1 exemplar
Πολύμνια Τόμος Α & Β 1 exemplar
Ερατώ Τόμος Α & Β 1 exemplar
Ευτέρπη Τόμος Α 1 exemplar
ΚΛΕΙΩ ΤΟΜΟΣ Α 1 exemplar
Dzieje. [T.] 2 1 exemplar
Las guerras médicas II 1 exemplar
Hellenere og barbarer 1 exemplar
Herodotoksen historia-teos. 1, 1 ja 2 kirja 1 exemplar
LAS GUERRAS MEDICAS II -HERODOTO - BIBLIOTECA GREDOS - CLASICOS ESENCIALES DE GRECIA Y ROMA TOMO 8 1 exemplar
LAS GUERRAS MEDICAS I - HERODOTO - BIBLIOTECA GREDOS - CLASICOS ESENCIALES DE GRECIA Y ROMA TOMO 7 1 exemplar
Las guerras médicas I 1 exemplar
HISTORIA V - HERODOTO 1 exemplar
HISTORIA IV - HERODOTO 1 exemplar
HISTORIA III - HERODOTO 1 exemplar
HISTORIA II- HERODOTO 1 exemplar
HISTORIA I - HERODOTO 1 exemplar
Herodotus History of the Persian Wars 1 exemplar
Shorter Herodotus (Shorter Class.) 1 exemplar
Dzieje. [T.] 1 1 exemplar
Reisen und Forschungen in Afrika 1 exemplar
Istorii vol. 2 (cartile I-IV) 1 exemplar
Història 1 exemplar
Història. Llibre II 1 exemplar
Wybór z Dziejów Herodota 1 exemplar
The History of Herodotus - The History of the Peloponnesian War (Great Books of the Western World 5) 1 exemplar
Herodotos historia 1 exemplar
Le Storie, voll. 2 1 exemplar
Heredot Tarihi 1 exemplar
Herodotus Book 1: Greek Commentary 1 exemplar
Herodotos 1 exemplar
Herodotus. Clio: Tr. Literally from the Text of Baeher [Sic] by H. Owgan (Ancient Greek Edition) (2010) 1 exemplar
Histories by Herodotus and History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides with Illustrations by Nicholas Tamblyn and… (2018) 1 exemplar
L120-Herodotus The Persian Wars IV 8-9 1 exemplar
De geschiedenis van koning Croesus 1 exemplar
Herodotus : Translated from the Greek for the Use of General Readers ; with Short Explanatory Notes 1 exemplar
Pagine scelte da Erodoto: libri 1.-4. 1 exemplar
Jude the Obscure 1 exemplar
The Histories of Herodutus 1 exemplar
Herodotos IX : (Kalliope) 1 exemplar
Herodotus, VII 1 exemplar
Herodotus, book vi, ed. by J. Strachan 1 exemplar
Herodotos. Book V, Terpsichore 1 exemplar
Dějiny 1 exemplar
Herodots 1. bog : Kong Kroisos 1 exemplar
Histories Books V-VII 1 exemplar
Herodote : l'Égypte ancienne 1 exemplar
Great Books 6 1 exemplar
The History Of Herodotus: A New English Version, Ed. With Copious Notes And Appendices, Illustrating The History And… (2012) 1 exemplar
The History of Herodotus: Chiefly after the text of Gaisford, with preliminary observations and appendices, and English… (2017) 1 exemplar
The History of Herodotus: A New English Version, Ed. With Copious Notes and Appendices, Volume 2 (2015) 1 exemplar
Herodoti Vita Homeri 1 exemplar
Book IX 1 exemplar
Book VIII 1 exemplar
The History Of Herodotus. A New Engl. Version, Ed. With Notes By G. Rawlinson Assisted By Sir H. Rawlinson And Sir J.g.… (2015) 1 exemplar
Herodotus - 2 1 exemplar
Herodotus - 1 1 exemplar
Antologia erodotea 1 exemplar
Herodotus, the Seventh, Eighth, & Ninth Books: With Introduction, Text, Apparatus, Commentary, Appendices, Indices,… (2017) 1 exemplar
Calliope (History, Book 9 of 9) 1 exemplar
The Nine Books of the History of Herodotus Tr. from the Text by T. Gaisford, with Notes and a Summary by P.E. Larent (2012) 1 exemplar
Herodotus Book I 1 exemplar
Herodot. Orientalische Königsgeschichten. 1 exemplar
Storici greci: Erodoto, Tucidide, Senofonte 1 exemplar
Historien : Reisen in Kleinasien und Ägypten 1 exemplar
Le Storie. Libro IX 1 exemplar
Herodotus IX (Kalliope) 1 exemplar
Histoires IX: Calliope 1 exemplar
Herodotus Book II edited by W G Waddell etc 1 exemplar
Herodoti historiarum libri IX 1 exemplar
Storie:vol IV(libri VIII-IX) 1 exemplar
Storie. Vol. 1: Libri I-IV 1 exemplar
Il Settimo libro delle Storie 1 exemplar
Il Secondo libro delle Storie 1 exemplar
Il Terzo libro delle Storie 1 exemplar
Historiae 1 exemplar
Bibliotheca Classica 1 exemplar
Histories I, II, III 1 exemplar
Herodotos. Epta Nouveles kai tria anekdota 1 exemplar
Herodoti Historiarum Libri IX 1 exemplar
Herodotos erklärt 1 exemplar
The history of Herodotus 1 exemplar
Herodotus Bk I, 1 exemplar
Herodotus Bk. III 1 exemplar
Herodotus: Histories 1 exemplar
Herodotus IV, ch. 1-144. 1 exemplar
Tales from Herodotus (Book 1) 1 exemplar
Herodoti Historiae T. 1 [...] 1 exemplar
The History of Herodotus Vol. 4 1 exemplar
The History of Herodotus Vol. 3 1 exemplar
Histories Vol II (Books V - IX) 1 exemplar
Historiae Books I-IV 1 exemplar
Le storie - vol. 6 1 exemplar
Història IX 1 exemplar
Història VIII 1 exemplar
Història V 1 exemplar
Història IV 1 exemplar
Història II 1 exemplar
Herodote Introduction 1 exemplar
le storie libro nono 1 exemplar
Le Guerre Persiane 1 exemplar
Storie libri 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 1 exemplar
Le storie - vol. 5 1 exemplar
Herodotus VIII 1 exemplar
Le storie - vol. 4 1 exemplar
Le storie - vol. 3 1 exemplar
Le storie - vol. 2 1 exemplar
Storici greci (eNewton Classici) 1 exemplar
Storie vol I 1 exemplar
Storie volume II 1 exemplar
Sixth and seventh books of Herodotus 1 exemplar
Storie. Libro settimo (Polimnia) 1 exemplar
Storie. Libro ottavo (Urania) 1 exemplar
Herodotus Index Analytique 1 exemplar
Storie - libro secondo (Euterpe) 1 exemplar
Herodotoksen historiateos 1 exemplar
Herodotos. Bd 1: H. 1, Buch I 1 exemplar
Muzen 1 exemplar
Histoires. Tomes 1 & 2 1 exemplar
Historias. V. 1 1 exemplar
Los nueve libros de la historia 1 exemplar
Il Quinto libro delle Storie 1 exemplar
Història, vol. IX 1 exemplar
Història, vol. VIII 1 exemplar
Història, vol. VII 1 exemplar
Història, vol. VI 1 exemplar
Història, vol. V 1 exemplar
Història, vol. IV 1 exemplar
Història, vol. III 1 exemplar
HISTÒRIA 1 exemplar
Storie. Libro nono (Calliope) 1 exemplar
Storie - libro terzo (Talia) 1 exemplar
The History of Heredotus Vol 2 1 exemplar
Il Nilo 1 exemplar
Herodoti Historiarum libri IX : vol. 2 1 exemplar
Histtory (2 Vols) 1 exemplar
History: Vol 2 1 exemplar
History: Vol 1 1 exemplar
The History of Herodotus [2 Vols.] 1 exemplar
Great Books Of The Western World by Encyclopedia Britannica 1952 (Herodotus Thucydides, Vol 6) 1 exemplar
Herodotus, VII; edited by A. Butler 1 exemplar
Herodotus : The Struggle for Greece 1 exemplar
Herodotus, books vi and vii;: With a life of Herodotus, an epitome of his history a summary of the dialect, and… (1885) 1 exemplar
Herodoti Historiae: libri i-iv recognovit brevique adnotatione critica instruxit Carolus Hude 1 exemplar
Herodotus : in four volumes 1 exemplar
Il regno di Creso 1 exemplar
Storie - libro quarto (Melpomene) 1 exemplar
Storie / Volume secondo, Libri V-IX 1 exemplar
Storie - libro sesto (Erato) 1 exemplar
Le storie libro VII ( testo a fronte ) 1 exemplar
Pagine storiche e politiche di Erodoto 1 exemplar
I popoli,i costumi,gli eventi 1 exemplar
Historiae libri i-iv v-ix 1 exemplar
Index analitique 1 exemplar
Histories livres viii-ix 1 exemplar
Histoires libres v-vi-vii 1 exemplar
Introduction 1 exemplar
Le storie libro IX 1 exemplar
Herodoti Halicarnassensis Musae 1 exemplar
STORIE LIBRO I° 1 exemplar
Il libro terzo delle storie 1 exemplar
Storie III (Libri V-VI-VII) 1 exemplar
Storie II (Libri III-IV) 1 exemplar
Storie I (Libri I-II) 1 exemplar
Storie, volume primo, Libri I-IV 1 exemplar
Storie. Volume 4 1 exemplar
Storie. Volume 3 1 exemplar
Histories. bk. 8; edited by A.M. Bowie 1 exemplar
Storie IV (Libri VIII-IX) 1 exemplar
Associated Works
The Moral Life: An Introductory Reader in Ethics and Literature (1999) — Contribuidor — 175 exemplares
The Sophisticated Cat: A Gathering of Stories, Poems, and Miscellaneous Writings About Cats (1992) — Contribuidor — 99 exemplares
Lapham's Quarterly - The Future: Volume IV, Number 4, Fall 2011 (2011) — Contribuidor — 23 exemplares
Roots of Detection: The Art of Deduction Before Sherlock Holmes (1983) — Contribuidor — 17 exemplares
Heroic Adventure Stories: From the Golden Age of Greece and Rome (1996) — Contribuidor — 16 exemplares
Pause to Wonder: Stories of the Marvelous , Mysterious and Strange (1944) — Contribuidor — 12 exemplares
Erzählungen der Antike 1 exemplar
Égypte — Compositor — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Ήρόδοτος Άλικαρνάσσεως
- Outros nomes
- Herodotos
- Data de nascimento
- 484 BCE (circa)
- Data de falecimento
- 425 BCE (circa)
- Localização do túmulo
- Thurii
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Ancient Greece
Persian Empire - País (no mapa)
- Greece
Turkey - Local de nascimento
- Halicarnassus
- Local de falecimento
- Thurii
- Locais de residência
- Halicarnassus
Athens
Thurii - Ocupações
- historian
Membros
Discussions
Herodotus Reread of Book I em Ancient History (Fevereiro 2021)
New Herodotus em Ancient History (Novembro 2013)
help to choose a translation from Herodutus Histories em Ancient History (Maio 2010)
Herodotus (Anything and Everything) em Ancient History (Dezembro 2008)
Herodotus - article (The "300", book commentaries...) em Ancient History (Junho 2008)
Herodotus vs. Thucydides em Ancient History (Março 2007)
Críticas
Listas
Favourite Books (1)
THE WAR ROOM (1)
A Reading List (1)
Folio Society (1)
Unread books (1)
Western Canon (1)
Kilobook (1)
Prémios
You May Also Like
Associated Authors
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 639
- Also by
- 26
- Membros
- 16,710
- Popularidade
- #1,350
- Avaliação
- 4.1
- Críticas
- 156
- ISBN
- 586
- Línguas
- 23
- Marcado como favorito
- 57
I found this Oxford University Press translation to be very readable, and the notes/commentary to be helpful in answering many "how historically accurate is THAT" questions, and in pointing out references to other sections of the work. This is definitely a two bookmark book, one for the main text and one for the running commentary that comes after. Also extremely helpful is having access to Wikipedia at your fingertips, especially for aiding your sense of the geography of the story. Pro tip: Greece at the time was a highly fractious plethora of city-states ranging from Libya to Asia Minor. You're gonna need to look places up.… (mais)