Skip to content

Herodotus: The Histories (Penguin Classics)
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Herodotus: The Histories (Penguin Classics) Trade paperback - 1996

by Herodotus,John M. Marincola,Aubrey De Selincourt

  • Used
  • Paperback

Description

Penguin Classics, September 1996. Trade Paperback. Used Good. A number of pages have some markings or underlining. We carry new and used books in our storefront. We want you to be satisfied with your purchase. Please contact us if you have questions regarding this item.
Used Good
NZ$8.31
NZ$9.16 Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 5 to 10 days
More Shipping Options
Ships from Firefly Bookstore LLC (Pennsylvania, United States)
The BIBLIO Guarantee | Ask Seller a Question

Details

  • Title Herodotus: The Histories (Penguin Classics)
  • Author Herodotus,John M. Marincola,Aubrey De Selincourt
  • Binding Trade Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition Used Good
  • Pages 688
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Classics, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date September 1996
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 434439
  • ISBN 9780140446388 / 0140446389
  • Weight 0.88 lbs (0.40 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.77 x 5.1 x 1.04 in (19.74 x 12.95 x 2.64 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Greece - History - To 146 B.C, History, Ancient
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96195669
  • Dewey Decimal Code 930

About Firefly Bookstore LLC Pennsylvania, United States

Specializing in: Art & Photography, Biography, Children's Books, History, Local Pa History, Pulp Fiction, Science Fiction And Fantasy, Signed 1st Editons, Vintage Titles
Biblio member since 2013
Seller rating: This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.

Located in downtown Kutztown, we are an independently-owned and operated New and Used bookstore. Started in 2012 by two book aficionados, Firefly Bookstore strives to provide the best in diverse products and customer services. In addition to books on almost any subject, Firefly carries a large range of products including cards, bookmarks, audio books, and family tree charts. We carry over 60,000 items in 3000 sq/ft of space.

Additionally, we have a large tabletop game selection, including board games, dice and card games, and Role-Playing titles. We have a wide selection of puzzles from Pomegranate and others. We have in stock new, each year, a large collection of current year Calendars with 100s of titles and styles to choose from, always discounted.

We buy and trade books and games whenever the store is open, and we are looking for material for every section. Store credit can be used on new and used material. We are interested in large purchases, such as collections and estate sales. We are particularly looking for gaming books, metaphysics, history, cooking, science, Pennsylvania history and children's books.

For current news and announcements, find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/fireflybookstore.

We carry new and used books in our storefront. We want you to be satisfied with your purchase. Please contact us if you have questions regarding this item

Store hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.

Terms of Sale:

30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.

Browse books from Firefly Bookstore LLC

Summary

One of the masterpieces of classical literature, the Histories describes how a small and quarrelsome band of Greek city states united to repel the might of the Persian empire. But while this epic struggle forms the core of his work, Herodotus' natural curiosity frequently gives rise to colourful digressions - a description of the natural wonders of Egypt; an account of European lake-dwellers; and far-fetched accounts of dog-headed men and gold-digging ants. With its kaleidoscopic blend of fact and legend, the Histories offers a compelling Greek view of the world of the fifth century BC.

From the publisher

Few facts are known about the life of Herodotus. He was born around 490 BC in Halicarnassus, on the south-west coast of Asia Minor. He seems to have travelled widely throughout the Mediterranean world, including Egypt, Africa, the area around the Black Sea and throughout many Greek city-states, of both the mainland and the islands. A sojourn in Athens is part of the traditional biography, and there he is said to have given public readings of his work and been friends with the playwright Sophocles. He is said also to have taken part in the founding of the colony of Thurii in Italy in 443 BC. He probably died at some time between 415 and 410 BC. His reputation has varied greatly, but for the ancients and many moderns he well deserves the title (first given to him by Cicero) of ‘the Father of History’.
John Marincola was born in Philadelphia in 1954, and was educated at Swarthmore College, the University of Pennsylvania, and Brown University. He has taught at the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts, and at Union College in New York, and is currently an Associate Professor of Classics at New York University. From 1997 to 1999 he was Executive Director of the American Philological Association, and in 1999-2000 he was a Junior Fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, DC. He is the author of Authority and Tradition in Ancient Historiography (Cambridge, 1997), Greek Historians (Greece and Rome New Surveys in the Classics 31, Oxford 2001), and of several articles on the Greek and Roman historians. He is currently at work on a book on Hellenistic historiography.

Categories

Hang on… we’re fetching the requested page.