From his earliest years he devoted himself to historical and. Libri xxiiixxx bibliotheca scriptorum graecorum et romanorum teubneriana 9783598716539. At the beginning of the histories, herodotus sets out his reasons for writing it. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Dios roman history, with an english translation by cassius dio. The corpus fontium historiae byzantinae includes texts written by byzantine historiographers and chroniclers as well as other documents of historical relevance from the 4th to the 15th centuries. Historiae series by herodotus goodreads share book. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to. Vitalien laurent volume 24 of corpus fontium historiae byzantinae corpus fontium historiae byzantinae.
A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. The generously illustrated work was so popular that gessners abridgement, thierbuch animal book, was published in zurich in 1563, and in england edward topsell translated and condensed it as a historie of fourefooted beastes london. The loeb classical library is the only series of books which, through original text and english translation, gives access to our entire greek and latin heritage. Historiae 1 4, v1 bibliotheca scriptorum graecorum et romanorum. Tacitus cornelius, famous roman historian, was born in 55, 56 or 57 ce and lived to about 120. The internet classics archive the history of herodotus. Herodotus the history of herodotus volume 1 and the history of herodotus volume 2. Book from the collections of university of michigan language english. See all books authored by herodotus, including the histories, and selections from herodotus, and more on.
The quality of jensons books influenced greatly the revival of fine printing in britain in the nineteenth century. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Though a great part of book ix is lost and what we now read comes from citations and summaries found in other sources, the reader can appreciate that diodorus is. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read naturalis historiae. Go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals store coupons amazonbasics gift. Convenient and wellprinted pocket volumes feature uptodate text and accurate and literate english translations on each facing page. He travelled widely in most of asia minor, egypt as far as assuan, north africa, syria, the country north of the black sea, and many parts of the aegean sea and the mainland of greece. The text edited by jones and powell was chosen by the editors of the tlg for reproduction in their online archive. Here are presented the results of the enquiry carried out by herodotus of halicarnassus. Of the eighty books of dios great work roman history, covering the era from the legendary landing of aeneas in italy to the reign of alexander severus 222235 ce, we possess books 3660 36 and 5560 have gaps, which cover the years 68 bce47 ce.
Herodotus, the great greek historian, was born about 484 bce at halicarnassus in caria, asia minor, when it was subject to the persians. Iii, libri ixxix bibliotheca scriptorum graecorum et latinorum teubneriana. The histories is a vital achievement despite the incomplete state in which all but the first five of its original forty books survive. The historia animalium was gessners magnum opus, and was the most widely read of all the renaissance natural histories. Herodotus claims to have traveled extensively around the ancient world, conducting interviews and collecting stories for his book, almost all of which covers territories of the persian empire. The digital loeb classical library extends the founding mission of james loeb with an interconnected, fully searchable, perpetually growing virtual library of all that is important in greek and latin literature. Herodotus, the histories, book 1, chapter 1, section 0. The history of herodotus by herodotus, part of the internet classics archive.
The editor has also written a commentary volume, herodotea, to accompany this edition, in which he explains many of the editorial decisions he made while revising this key classical text. The portion that survives covers twentyfive years in the historians own lifetime. Libri i iv oxford classical texts bilingual by wilson, n. Libri i iv oxford classical texts bilingual edition. The books ix to xii of diodorus library treat the history of the greek world from the archaic ages down to the sicilian expedition. Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features.
The main objective of each volume is the presentation of a critical text based on all extant manuscripts. Herodotus the great greek historian was born about 484 bce, at halicarnassus in caria, asia minor, when it was subject to the persians. Books i iv oxford classical texts by herodotus 19271231 herodotus on. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. The biodiversity heritage library works collaboratively to make biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community. He became an orator, married in 77 a daughter of julius agricola before agricola went to britain, was quaestor in 81 or 82, a senator under the flavian emperors, and a praetor in 88. Pliny devised a summarium, or list of contents, at the beginning of the work that was later interpreted by modern printers as a table of contents. Historiae, volume ii oxford classical texts series 2nd. Historiae patriae monumenta edita iussu regis caroli alberti. Written in 440 bc in the ionic dialect of classical greek, the histories serves as a record of the ancient traditions, politics, geography, and clashes of various cultures that were known in western asia, northern africa and greece at that time. The editors provide substantive introductions as well as essential critical and explanatory notes. Stuartjones, 9780198145509, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.