Description: Reading Herodotus: A Guided Tour through the Wild Boars, Dancing Suitors, and Crazy Tyrants of The History Author: Debra Hamel Title: Reading Herodotus: A Guided Tour through the Wild Boars, Dancing Suitors, and Crazy Tyrants of The History Publication: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012 Description: Paperback. New trade softcover in printed wraps. 8vo. (6 x 0.87 x 9 inches) Clean text free of marks or underlining. B&W illustrations. Includes notes, bibliography and an index. 360 pp.Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. New. Hamel takes us on a delightful, audacious romp through The History of the Persian Wars.Debra Hamel’s book is a lively introduction to The History of the Persian Wars, Herodotus's account of Persia's expansion under four kings―Cyrus, Cambyses, Darius, and Xerxes―and its eventual collision with the city-states of Greece.The History can be a long slog for modern readers, but it is full of salacious tales about sex, violent death, divine prophecies, and cannibals. Following the structure of the original work, Hamel leads the reader through a colorful tour of the central stories that compose The History. She highlights the more interesting and important parts of the story while providing readers who are new to Herodotus with the background information necessary to appreciate the author’s wide-ranging subject matter. At once academic and cheeky, the experience of this book is like reading Herodotus while simultaneously consulting a history of Greece and a scholarly commentary on the text. Seller ID: 200238 Subject: Anthropology, From the Library of Peter Green, Literature , Rome The Anthropologists Closet offers a wide variety of non-fiction academic books that are hard to find. We have been in business since 2014. Terms All orders ship within two business days. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
Price: 26.95 USD
Location: Urbandale, Iowa
End Time: 2025-01-10T14:28:09.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.5 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Return policy details:
Book Title: Reading Herodotus: A Guided Tour through the Wild Boars, Dancing
Author: Debra Hamel
Language: English
ISBN: 9781421406565
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Year: 2012
Signed: No
