Wordsworth :Histories 英文原版 历史学家 Herodotus希罗多德

基本信息

By (author) Herodotus 

Notes by George Rawlinson 

Introduction by Tom Griffith

Format Paperback | 768 pages

Dimensions 129 x 198 x 38mm | 471g

Publication date 01 Dec 1999

Publisher Wordsworth Editions Ltd

Publication City/Country Herts, United Kingdom

Language English

Edition Statement Revised ed.

ISBN10 1853264660

ISBN13 9781853264665

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

内容简介

Translated with Notes by George Rawlinson. With an Introduction by Tom Griffith.

Herodotus (c480-c425) is 'The Father of History' and his Histories are the first piece of Western historical writing. They are also the most entertaining.

Why did Pheidippides run the 26 miles and 385 yards (or 42.195 kilometres) from Marathon to Athens? And what did he do when he got there? Was the Battle of Salamis fought between sausage-sellers? Which is the oldest language in the world? Why did Leonidas and his 300 Spartans spend the morning before the battle of Thermopylae combing their hair? Why did every Babylonian woman have to sit in the Temple of Aphrodite until a man threw a coin into her lap, and how long was she likely to sit there? And what is the best way to kill a crocodile?

This wide-ranging history provides the answers to all these fascinating questions as well as providing many fascinating insights into the Ancient World.

希罗多德 Herodotus（c480-c425）是“历史之父”，他的历史记录是西方历史著作的第一篇。也是最有趣的。

从马拉松到雅典，为什么菲比迪派跑了26英里和385码（或42.195公里）？当他到达那里时他做了什么？萨拉米斯之战是在卖香肠的人之间进行的吗？世界上*古老的语言是？为什么列奥尼达斯和他的300名斯巴达人在塞莫皮莱之战之前的一整天都在梳头呢？为什么每个巴比伦妇女都必须坐在阿芙罗狄蒂神庙之前，直到一个男人将一枚硬币扔进了她的腿上，她可能坐在那里多久了？杀死鳄鱼的最佳方法是什么？

这段广泛的历史为所有这些引人入胜的问题提供了答案，并为古代世界提供了许多引人入胜的见解。