[.ca] The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories (ISBN 0375421092)

10 years in the making but Worth the Wait!:
It's been 10 years in the making, ever since Robert B. Strassler first published "The Landmark Thucydides" for us to get his edition of Herodotus' "The Histories" and Mr. Strassler does not disappoint! A wonderful translation of Herodotus, footnotes, maps, appendices, this is THE edition to have if you want to fully absorb and understand the world and epic's within it, that Herodotus is relating. An absolute masterpiece! where anyone from a trained classicist to a person with no prior knowledge about Herodotus or the ancient greeks, can sit down with this book and learn about a time in history which still reverbrates to this day. This is a story about the struggle of east vs west, a struggle which even today still rages on! With Herodotus we can live the battle of Thermopylae with the great Spartan King Leonidas or travel the vast kingdoms of Egypt, Lydia, or Persia! We learn of the customs and rites that each of the major civilizations which made up the ancient greek world and through this can have a greater understanding of the reasons and ramifications of the struggle between not just Greece and Persia, but the continuing struggle between east and west in our own day. Are we all the same, all human beings just trying to live our lives? Or are there other factors which govern and seperate the differing cultures of east vs west? Is Democracy and Freedom or security and safety (read servitude) that man really wants? These are questions raised up by Herodotus and questions which are still being asked this day. In the end, for a full understanding of Herodotus' work and the world in which he lived and wrote about there is no better edition than "The Landmark Herodotus"!