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spacestationtrustfund 's review for:
The Histories
by Herodotus
This review is of the translation by Robin Waterfield.
The Robin Waterfield edition is the first I read, so I have a particular fondness for it; every translation of Waterfield's I've read has been excellent. (That fondness does not extend to Herodotus himself, who sucks.) Bonus points for all the sexy, sexy notes and for preserving the almost conversational style of writing Herodotus employed.
Herodotus, as translated by Waterfield, declares that he wrote his histories (or inquiries, or researches, or what have you):
The Robin Waterfield edition is the first I read, so I have a particular fondness for it; every translation of Waterfield's I've read has been excellent. (That fondness does not extend to Herodotus himself, who sucks.) Bonus points for all the sexy, sexy notes and for preserving the almost conversational style of writing Herodotus employed.
Herodotus, as translated by Waterfield, declares that he wrote his histories (or inquiries, or researches, or what have you):
[...] to prevent the traces of human events from being erased by time.In that, at least, he has certainly succeeded.