Hérodotos Knihy

Herodotove Dejiny sú prvým zachovaným dielom gréckej historiografie. Opísal v nich základný konflikt medzi Perzskou ríšou a Gréckom – tzv. grécko-perzské vojny. Okrem základného konfliktu opísal aj predchádzajúce udalosti, dejiny jednotlivých národov (Médi, Peržania, Egypťania, Skýti, Gréci), ktorých sa konflikt týkal a často používal aj opisy jednotlivých krajín, ktoré poznal väčšinou z vlastných ciest (Malá Ázia, Egypt – II. kniha). Zatiaľ čo Peržanov označil za národ, ktorý sa podriaďuje despotickej moci svojich kráľov, u Grékov si cení predovšetkým ich lásku k slobode a demokracii. Ako hlavné udalosti opísal predovšetkým jónske povstanie v Malej Ázii, priebeh grécko-perzských vojen a bitku pri Termopylách. Dielo rozdelil do deviatich kníh a každú nazval menom jednej z Múz.

Herodotus of Halicarnassus was an Ionian traveler and storyteller who lived in the 5th century BC. He is almost exclusively known for writing The Histories, a collection of "inquiries" about the places and peoples he encountered during his wide-ranging travels around the Mediterranean littoral and into the Mesopotamia.

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Herodotus's Histories Book V describes the revolt of the east Greeks against their Persian masters, which led to the great Persian Wars of 490-479 BC. This edition and commentary provides extensive help with the Greek text and basic historical information, as well as clear and insightful historical and literary interpretation.