Ουρανία Βιβλίο Η'

Ιστορίαι #8

by Herodotus, Ηρόδοτος, Φιλολογική Ομάδα Κάκτου (Translator)

Ναυμαχία του Αρτεμισίου. Ναυμαχία της Σαλαμίνας. Οι ελληνικές νίκες. Υποχώρηση του Ξέρξη.

Genres: History, Classics, Nonfiction, Ancient History, Ancient

212 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 441

About the author

Herodotus (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.

Reviews

[Artur Coelho · Rating 5 out of 5]

Um mergulho nas origens da História enquanto disciplina, e também um olhar para as histórias da Grécia antiga. Neste oitavo livro, Heródoto conta-nos os factos e os momentos dos combates navais de Salamina, onde a frota de aliados gregos comandados por Atenas derrotou as forças navais do rei persa Xerxes. E, com isso, forçou uma retirada do terreno que permitiu aos gregos manter a sua independência. O texto é factual, mas sublinha o espírito de coragem, sacrifício, mas também de argúcia, que permitiu aos gregos enfrentar forças muito superiores. Em si, é um hino à liberdade, à vontade de lutar pelo não ser sujeito aos ditames de imperadores.

[Cole Shiflet · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was really my introduction into the world of classical Greek and I was pleasantly surprised. The Greek presented by Herodotus is much more difficult than the Greek New Testament, but has pushed me to study the Greek language far more than the New Testament did.

[Antonio Papadourakis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Περιγράφει μια από τις μεγαλύτερες νίκες των Ελλήνων στους Περσικούς πολέμους.
Αρχίζει με τη ναυμαχία στο Αρτεμίσιο και την σύμπτυξη του ελληνικού στόλου προς τη Σαλαμίνα, συνεχίζει με την κάθοδο του Περσικού στρατού προς την Αττική, την εκκένωση της Αθήνας, επιμονή του Θεμιστοκλή να δοθεί η μάχη στη Σαλαμίνα, κυρίως λόγω του φόβου του ότι αν δινόταν κοντά στον Ισθμό οι περισσότεροι σύμμαχοι θα σκορπούσαν προς τις πόλεις τους, συμβουλή της Αρτεμισίας στον Ξέρξη να αποφύγει τη ναυμαχία. Ναυμαχία στη Σαλαμίνα με συντριπτική νίκη του ελληνικού στόλου, φόβος του Ξέρξη για τον εαυτό του και φυγή αφήνοντας τον Μαρδόνιο με 300.000 επίλεκτους Πέρσες και Μήδους, διχογνωμία Θεμιστοκλή - Ευριβιάδη για το αν ο ελληνικός στόλος θα μεταβεί να καταστρέψει τη γέφυρα του Ελλησπόντου (που είχε ήδη καταστραφεί), πρόταση του Μαρδόνιου προς τους Αθηναίους, μέσω του βασιλιά Αλέξανδρου για συμμαχία.
"Μια εμφύλια διαμάχη είναι τόσο χειρότερη από κάποιο πόλεμο που τον διεξάγει σύσσωμος ένας λαός, όσο χειρότερος είναι ο πόλεμος από την ειρήνη"
"Εξάλλου, όταν οι άνθρωποι σκέφτονται λογικά, από τις ενέργειες τους, ως επί το πλείστον , προκύπτουν θετικά αποτελέσματα. Ενώ, αντίθετα, όταν οι άνθρωποι δεν παίρνουν λογικές αποφάσεις, κι ο θεός ο ίδιος αρνείται να συμμεριστεί τις ανθρώπινες απόψεις.....Οι συνετοί άνθρωποι συνήθως έχουν κακούς υποτακτικούς, ενώ οι άφρονες άνθρωποι έχουν καλούς."
"Γιατί αυτός συμπεριφέρεται όπως πρέπει να συμπεριφέρεται, και, μια και είναι τύραννος, συνεργεί σε έργα τυράννου.... Αλλ' όμως ο πόθος μας να ζούμε ελεύθεροι μας δίνει δυνάμεις να αντιστεκόμαστε με όποιο τρόπο μπορούμε."

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

Book eight. If you have read the first seven books then you pretty much know what to expect. Its more of the same. But it is shorted than the other books and loaded with lots of different civilizations: Athenian, Heraklion, Lycian, Aegean, Lacedaemonian, Persian, Dorian, and thousands more that leave one in a mish mashed world of history, superstition and fantasy. There is awe, amazement, speculation and laughter in each story told as if a farce. The mind numbing farce of this book was a group of 600 warriors all chalked up white with white painted weapons that attacked their enemy of 30,000 at night and claimed victory after scaring them to death. These are very intriguing books well with the effort.

[Genevieve · Rating 3 out of 5]

“This is the account of the research of Herodotus of Halicarnassus, written so that, as time passes, events may not fade from the memory of mankind and so that the great and wonderful achievements both of Greeks and barbarians might be remembered, and most especially the reason why they came into conflict with each other.”

“They had many men but few soldiers.”

[Reed Books · Rating 3 out of 5]

I spent three days reading and stressing over this commentary for uni so I'm counting it
>:(

[Abel]

Can't believe Goodreads mixes up Greek version Histories with the English translation. They are NOT simply different editions!