 Related
Sections |
|
|
| Departments |
|
|
|
| | 1. |  | The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories
from Pantheon
Price: $29.70
Customer Review:
Having previously read an inexpensive edition of Thucydides' account of the Peloponnesian War, I understand the difficulty of making one's way through a book of ancient history without the aid of maps or footnotes. When I decided to read Herodotus' Histories, then, I was thrilled to find this one,... more info
|
Customer Rating:
4.5 / 5.0
Click here for more information Buy from:
United Kingdom
|
| | 4. |  | The Histories (Penguin Classics)
from Penguin Classics
Price: $8.00
Customer Review:
I found this translation eminently readable. While I agree that the use of endnotes rather than footnotes leads to inefficient turning of pages, the substantive content of the notes added a great deal of context to the translation as a whole and made for an enjoyable and educational read.
|
Customer Rating:
4.5 / 5.0
Click here for more information Buy from:
United Kingdom
|
| | 6. |  | The Complete World of Greek Mythology
from Thames & Hudson
Price: $26.37
Customer Review:
Somewhere amid the oodles of glossy photos of athlete-festooned kraters and oinochoes, I was hoping to discover some well narrated myths. My quest was frustrated. Not only does the book provide, at best, sketchy coverage of the thrilling heroic epics (e.g., Theseus, Perseus, Herakles), but one must... more info
|
Customer Rating:
5.0 / 5.0
Click here for more information Buy from:
United Kingdom
|
| | 8. |  | The Landmark Thucydides
from Free Press
Price: $29.70
Customer Review:
You should buy the hardcover book and not the paperback edition of this book. The paperback edition falls apart when you read it. This translation of Thucydides's history of the Peloponnesian War is outstanding. The text has numerous maps that help the reader locate the areas Thucydides is writing... more info
|
Customer Rating:
5.0 / 5.0
Click here for more information Buy from:
United Kingdom
|
| | 9. |  | The Greek Way
from W. W. Norton & Company
Price: $10.36
Customer Review:
Edith Hamilton, graecophile supreme, published this summary of life and culture in fifth- and sixth-century (B.C.) Greece (most importantly, Athens) in 1930. It remains a superb introduction to classical Greek life and culture.
Hamilton's forte was not detailed scholarship; it was insight at a... more info
|
Customer Rating:
4.0 / 5.0
Click here for more information Buy from:
United Kingdom
|
| | 10. |  | The History
from University Of Chicago Press
Price: $10.88
Customer Review:
Having had a couple years of Greek in college (just enough to be dangerous) I have to say Grene's translation looks to me the most literal and readable at the same time. The old Rawlinson translation is stylish but not as close to the Greek as Grene. de Selincourt's Penguin classics effort loses... more info
|
Customer Rating:
5.0 / 5.0
Click here for more information Buy from:
United Kingdom
|
| 1 - 10 | 
|
| Portions © Amazon.com, Inc. |
|
|
|
