The Landmark Herodotus

The most densely annotated, richly illustrated, and user friendly edition of his Histories ever to appear. --Daniel Mendelsohn, The New Yorker A first-rate achievement. Nothing is missing.... Like a Global Positioning System for Herodotus's world. Strassler has made it simply impossible to get lost. --The New York Sun Stunning.... Bears the same superb production and scholarly qualities of his earlier The Landmark Thucydides.... Andrea Purvis' new translation is taut and lucid. --Houston Chronicle A real service. . . .Considerably improves accessibility by integrating hundreds of maps and extensive timelines, amplifies the first historian's own epic accomplishment. --Forbes The most densely annotated, richly illustrated, and user friendly edition of his Histories ever to appear. Daniel Mendelsohn, The New Yorker A first-rate achievement. Nothing is missing.... Like a Global Positioning System for Herodotus's world. Strassler has made it simply impossible to get lost. The New York Sun Stunning.... Bears the same superb production and scholarly qualities of his earlier The Landmark Thucydides.... Andrea Purvis' new translation is taut and lucid. Houston Chronicle A real service. . . .Considerably improves accessibility by integrating hundreds of maps and extensive timelines, amplifies the first historian's own epic accomplishment. Forbes Praise for THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES A magnificent edition of the great historian's The Peloponnesian War, -- Los Angeles Times Without question, this is the finest edition of Thucydides' history ever produced. It is a treasure. -- The Washington Times This is the best book with which to start study of Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War. --Donald Kagan, author of On the Origins of War and Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy Thoroughly readable.... Anyone interested in the culture of conflict--political as well as military, contemporary as well as ancient--can learn much from this durable work. -- The Boston Globe The editor and his contributors have asked themselves the fundamental question: how can one best present and interpret the work of one of the most fascinating but difficult of ancient authors to a modern audience? They have answered this question brilliantly. -- Classical Quarterly From the Hardcover edition.