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S'està carregant… The Persian War in Herodotus and Other Ancient Voices (2019)de William Shepherd
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I begin with an explanation of what this book is and is not. It is not a book written for scholars, insofar as it has no citations of modern works, but it was written with deep knowledge of the subject (Shepherd was trained in Classics before embarking on a career in publishing, and he is clearly knowledgeable about contemporary Herodotean scholarship). It will serve best as a companion or selective commentary for those who are reading the text of Herodotus or studying the conflicts of Greece and Persia. Despite its length (almost 500 pages), it would be a worthwhile addition to any historical course to which Herodotus is central, as well as providing the historical framework for a course in which the main task is reading Herodotus in Greek or English. Shepherd quotes extensively (using his own translations) from Herodotus to carry the story along, with the insertion of occasional other voices from antiquity such as Thucydides, Plutarch and Diodorus. By “selective commentary” I mean that between quoted passages he comments on particular issues. Unlike a full-scale commentary, such as the classic How and Wells, or the many excellent commentaries on particular books, which grapple with issues in almost every line of the text and give references to sources ancient and modern, Shepherd discusses the issues which he finds to be most important. In general, his analyses are clear and persuasive, but he doesn’t always allow for or discuss other possibilities.
Weaving together the accounts of the ancient historian Herodotus with other ancient sources, this is the engrossing story of the triumph of Greece over the mighty Persian Empire. The Persian War is the name generally given to the first two decades of the period of conflict between the Greeks and the Persians that began in 499 BC and ended around 450. The pivotal moment came in 479, when a massive Persian invasion force was defeated and driven out of mainland Greece and Europe, never to return. The victory of a few Greek city-states over the world's first superpower was an extraordinary military feat that secured the future of Western civilization. All modern accounts of the war as a whole, and of the best-known battles of Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis, depend on the ancient sources, foremost among them Herodotus. Yet although these modern narratives generally include numerous references to the ancient authors, they quote little directly from them. This is the first book to bring together Herodotus' entire narrative and interweave it with other ancient voices alongside detailed commentary to present and clarify the original texts. The extracts from other ancient writers add value to Herodotus' narrative in various ways: some offer fresh analysis and credible extra detail; some contradict him interestingly; some provide background illumination; and some add drama and color. All are woven into a compelling narrative tapestry that brings this immense clash of arms vividly to life. "Distinguished military historian of the Persian Wars William Shepherd [...] shows himself to be also a most sensitive interpreter of those Wars' original historian Herodotus. With Shepherd as our guide and Herodotus by our side this key moment in West-East relations is given its full cultural and strategic due." - Paul Cartledge, A.G. Leventis Senior Research Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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 Google Books — S'està carregant…GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)938.03History and Geography Ancient World Greece to 323 Greece to 323 Persian Wars; Union of Greece (500-479 BC)ValoracióMitjana: (5)
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