Ancient empires of the East : Herodotos I-III
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Ancient empires of the East : Herodotos I-III
（Cambridge library collection, . Classics）
Cambridge University Press, 2010
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The ancient empires of the East : Herodotos I-III with notes, introductions, and appendices by A.H. Sayce
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Text in greek; commentary in English
Original t.p. reads: The ancient empires of the East : Herodotos I.-III., with notes, introductions, and appendices by A.H. Sayce
Reprint. Originally published: London : Macmillan, 1883
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Introduction
- Herodotos, Book I-III
- Appendices : Egypt, Babylonia and Assyria, The Phoenicians, Lydia, The Persian Empire, Dynastic tables
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Archibald Henry Sayce (1845-1933) was an influential orientalist and philologist. He was a pioneering Assyriologist and published widely on the history, religion, and literature of the Babylonian and Assyrian peoples. In 1891 he became Professor of Assyriology at Oxford University. The Ancient Empires of the East (1883) is Sayce's edition, 'with Notes, Introductions and Appendices', of the first three books of The Histories by the fifth-century Greek historian Herodotus, which focus on Egypt and Persia. In his preface Sayce states that since the field of oriental studies is 'growing day by day' it is the aim of his edition to 'take stock of our existing knowledge' and 'see exactly what is the point to which our researches have brought us'. Although his translation of Herodotus was criticised on publication on account of inaccuracies, Sayce's reputation as a great populariser of oriental philology, history and culture remained intact.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Book I. The empires of the East
- Book II. The land of Egypt
- Book III. The Persian empire
- Appendices
- Dynastic tables
- Index.
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