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The Nine Books of the History of Herodotus, Tr. From the Text of T. Gaisford, With Notes and a Summary by P.e. Laurent
The Nine Books of the History of Herodotus Tr From the Text of T Gaisford With Notes and a Summary by Pe Laurent Author:Herodotus General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1827 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: THE HISTORY OF HERODOTUS. BOOK I. CLIO. 1ÍERODOTUS of Halicarnassus publishes these researches ;' that the deeds of men may not be effaced by time, nor the great and wonderful actions performed, whether by Greeks or Barbarians, be uncelebrated; and, beside other matters, he publishes his inquiry into the motive through which they waged war against gach other.1 The historians1 among the Persians assert,' then, that the 1 Phoenicians were the exciters of the enmity : for that these, liaving passed from the sea called the Erythrean to the shores of this sea/ and settled in the same territory which they even now occupy, immediately applied themselves to long voyages; and exporting Assyrian and Egyptian merchandize, came to various places, and among others to Argos; (for Argos at that time 1 'BpoloTov 'AXifapvnoaqoc ¡oropi'ijf and for what reason they (the Greeks ¿-of ij-ij f)lt. Literally, This is the pub- and Barbarians) icagai war against each, licatim of the result of the researches of other. These words, I think, ought Herodotus the Halicarnassean. -- 'Airo- to he referred to the first 'Hpoi. 'AXur. ? jrxi'/u means more than ovyfça(jtiv iVropiijç àwofiÇiç ijdi. Construction : it is taken in the sense of offering or rárt ???? (in nominative case) Kai Sí giving to the public, 'lerop'nt, in He- i)v airiijv, etc. haec omnia eunt ????- rodotus, does not signify a history, but ífíif rí)c'Hpoíórovimpíi; e. -- Sclaceig. careful researches : this word is not Lex. Herod. found in the sense of history but in a ?????, û r/jç laropiaç ifiirupof writers much posterior to our author. Xóyioc, one skill...« less