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Història d'Heròdot #2
Història d'Heròdot - Llibres IV-VI
El segon volum de l'obra completa al català de la «Història" d'Heròdot». Heròdot fou el primer dels grans historiadors de l'Antiguitat. Conscient de la importància de les Guerres Mèdiques, escriví Història , un relat en què va deixar palesa la seva vocació d'investigació i d'anàlisi. D'una banda, perquè gestes glorioses no restessin en l'oblit; d'una altra, perquè només des del passat és quan es pot explicar el present. Història és la primera obra historiogràfica grega que ha arribat íntegra als nostres dies. Està dividida en nou llibres, cadascun dels quals està dedicat a una musa. Aquest volum, que conté els llibres IV i VII, és la segona part de l'obra, traduïda completament al català a La Magrana pel professor Rubén J. Montañés.
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248 pages, Paperback
Published October 19, 2023
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Herodotus
1,663 books789 followersHerodotus (Greek: Ηρόδοτος) (c. 484 – c. 425 BC) was a Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus, part of the Persian Empire (now Bodrum, Turkey) and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy. He is known for having written the Histories – a detailed account of the Greco-Persian Wars. Herodotus was the first writer to perform systematic investigation of historical events. He has been described as "The Father of History", a title conferred on him by the ancient Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero.
The Histories primarily cover the lives of prominent kings and famous battles such as Marathon, Thermopylae, Artemisium, Salamis, Plataea, and Mycale. His work deviates from the main topics to provide a cultural, ethnographical, geographical, and historiographical background that forms an essential part of the narrative and provides readers with a wellspring of additional information.
Herodotus has been criticized for his inclusion of "legends and fanciful accounts" in his work. The contemporaneous historian Thucydides accused him of making up stories for entertainment. However, Herodotus explained that he reported what he could see and was told. A sizable portion of the Histories has since been confirmed by modern historians and archaeologists.
The Histories primarily cover the lives of prominent kings and famous battles such as Marathon, Thermopylae, Artemisium, Salamis, Plataea, and Mycale. His work deviates from the main topics to provide a cultural, ethnographical, geographical, and historiographical background that forms an essential part of the narrative and provides readers with a wellspring of additional information.
Herodotus has been criticized for his inclusion of "legends and fanciful accounts" in his work. The contemporaneous historian Thucydides accused him of making up stories for entertainment. However, Herodotus explained that he reported what he could see and was told. A sizable portion of the Histories has since been confirmed by modern historians and archaeologists.
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