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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
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Reading Herodotus is an adventure, both in content and length. Certainly helps to have a friend along for the ride as well. It's also rather amazing to see how many of our pop culture reference's stem from him as well.
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This is the original historical nonfiction, and well worth reading. Herodotus lived during the 5th century BC in the Greek city-states, documenting predominantly the war between the Greek city states and Persia known as the Persian Wars. I read this book as part of my Greek Historiography class. It is considered the first work of history, and it's a fascinating and surprisingly easy work to read. Herodotus clearly did a lot of research, despite there being no foundation for the historical method during the time. He also has a drama flaw, loving to tell stories even he admits aren't real but are rather amusing. He documents the rise and fall of Cyrus the Great, gives a detailed portrayal of Ancient Egypt during its time, and many tiny stories of battles and civilizations alike. It's a beautiful book and if you're interested in Greek history, I highly recommend it!
Una joya unica, Herodotus que era niño cuando estos eventos pasaron nos cuenta como fue la guerra de Grecia contra Persia.
Lamentablemente no tenemos otras fuentes y en mucho de lo que nos cuenta posiblemente no es cierto. En todo caso es una lectura unica para entender la epoca.
Pero tambien el libro incluye ciertas descripciones que lo hacen bastente tedioso, los rios por los que el ejercito persiano, etc.
Estoy seguro de que hay otras ediciones que recortan estas cosas y aunque por un lado es un sacrilegio, creo que facilmente se le pueden quitar 100 paginas que no añaden nada a un lector moderno que no sea un historiador.
Lamentablemente no tenemos otras fuentes y en mucho de lo que nos cuenta posiblemente no es cierto. En todo caso es una lectura unica para entender la epoca.
Pero tambien el libro incluye ciertas descripciones que lo hacen bastente tedioso, los rios por los que el ejercito persiano, etc.
Estoy seguro de que hay otras ediciones que recortan estas cosas y aunque por un lado es un sacrilegio, creo que facilmente se le pueden quitar 100 paginas que no añaden nada a un lector moderno que no sea un historiador.
I feel like I've been working on this so long and I'm finally done. It was surprisingly readable even though it did take almost seven months and a little funny at times though I don't think he meant it to be.
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book #25 of 2020: The Histories (430 BCE) by Herodotus. the father of history describes in exceptionally vivid detail the culture, character of crucial players, predictions from oracles, sacrifices to gods, political intrigues, military campaigns and tactics, and, as was the fashion of the time, the occasional who begat whom.
this is an astounding piece of storytelling and detailed observations of all sorts of historical aspects. 5/5. and now for something completely different....
this is an astounding piece of storytelling and detailed observations of all sorts of historical aspects. 5/5. and now for something completely different....
What book contains a king ordering his servant to surreptitiously look at his naked wife, a poet riding a dolphin, a king declaring war on the wind, a king having the ocean whipped for being disobedient, flying snakes, ants the size of foxes, *and* an epic battle between Greece and Persia? This one. This one does.
