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Herodot (history of)

série:	Histoire (Grèce)
éditeur:	Dent&Sons
auteur:	Herodote
classement:	biblio2A
année:	1933
format:	cartonné
état:	TBE
valeur:	10 €
critère:	**
remarques:	English books the history of Herodotus in 2 volumes hardcover, without jacket, volume one: first to fourth books volume two: fifth to ninth books translated by George Rawlinson >> voir aussi histoire (Antiquité) Herodote 2 volumes édition Bonnot the battle of the Thermopylae (hot gates) is described in volume two, seventh book, pages 116 to 214 n.b. vide supra (in commentaries) refer to previous text whereas vide infra refers to following text (in these two books) - death of Darius, Xerxes on the throne, unlike Cyrus who was a great soldier and Darius a great statesman, Xerxes was as a ruler arbitrary and unscrupulous, as a man effeminate, extravagant and cruel - the passage of the Hellespont - >> p. 144 according to Herodotus, Xerxes' army amounted to 1,7 millions, the manner how the soldiers were numbered - >> p. 145 composition of the army by nations: the Persians, Medes, Cissians, Hyrcanians, Assyrians, Bactrians, Scyths, Indians, Arians, Parthians, Caspians, Utians, Arabians, Ethiopians, Libyans, Egyptians, Paphlagonians, Phrygians, Armenians, Mysians, Lydians, Thracians, etc >> p. 151 the whole of the infantry were commanded by various generals excepting the Ten Thousand, they were all persians and called the Immortals because when one failed or dead, his place was immediately filled up by another so that their number was at no time either greater or less than 10'000 >> p. 153 composition of the fleet with 1200 triremes, the Phoenicians being the best sailors in the fleet >> p. 152 the horses could not endure the sight and smell of the camels >> p. 155 mention of Artemisia, queen of Halicarnassus, native place of Herodotus >> p. 157 Xerxes questions Demaratus, king of sparta in exile - Xerxes's army enters Thessaly >> p. 168 the heralds sent by Xerxes to Athens and Sparta were put to death breaking therefore the laws for ambassadors - p. 173 according to the prophecy of the pythoness of Delphi, the invasion of Xerxes would be halted by a wooden wall being Greek triremes for which Themistocles had asked to build more ships >> p. 179 the history of Gelo, king of Syracuse and his brother Hiero >> p. 189 meanwhile the Greeks decided to guard the pass of the Thermopylae while their fleet would guard the narrow channel to Artemisium (coast of Euboea opposite Magnesia, cape Artemisium is more or less the northernmost part of the island) >> p. 193 the problem of feeding Xerxes'army, a storm at cape Sepias (Magnesian coast) wrecked 400 persian ships >> p. 199 at Thermopylae, the space between hill and sea was not more than seven miles broad >> p. 203 assaults on the pass - ter the first assault, Xerxes noticed that if he had plenty of combatants, he had but very few warriors and a further assault with the Immortals were also driven back >> p. 220 Leonidas commanded his allies to retreat but himself and his warriors would stand and die with honour and here fell Leonidas and his famous Spartians - he was erected a stone inscription with statue which lasted up to the end of the Roman time >> eighth book, page 248, chapter 90 description of the sea battle of Salamis >> an interesting book with much detailed contents but without any map or illustration enclosures - cover of the book (does not have a jacket) - maps of ancient Greece - painting of Leonidas by David - statue of Leonidas - portrait of Herodote
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