Herodotus, Explorer of the Past by Evans Jas - 1991

Princeton University Press. Used - Good. 1991. F First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Octavo. xi & 166 pp. Slight shelf wear to dust jacket. Penciled underlining and margin notes to text. Altogether a copy in Good condiiton. Good. (Subject: Ancient & Classical Studies).

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Princeton University Press, 1991. First edition, first printing with full number line; review copy. Slight yellowing of dustjacket at top edge and along spine. Clean interior and exterior. All edges and corners intact. Tight binding.. First Edition.. hardcover. Good/Good.

Princeton University Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0691068712 . DJ has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; 184 pages; Why does a power expand and become an empire? Writing in the early years of the Peloponnesian War, Herodotus gave Athens full credit for saving Greece from Persia, but also identified the city's expansion as a new manifestation of imperialist aggression. In this skillful analysis of Herodotus' intellectual world, J.A.S. Evans combines historical, anthropological, and literary techniques to show how the war affected not only the great thinker's view of Persian aggression and of the people involved in it but also the shape of the Histories themselves. The first essay discusses Herodotus' investigation of imperialism, and the second finds the beginnings of biography in his descriptions of individuals, particularly in his well-crafted portrait of Cyrus. The third essay describes the "Father of History" as a collector and evaluator… Read More

Princeton University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0691068712 . Scholar's name to ffep (E. Badian) else book is fine. Very light shelfwear to DJ else fine. ; 184 pages; Why does a power expand and become an empire? Writing in the early years of the Peloponnesian War, Herodotus gave Athens full credit for saving Greece from Persia, but also identified the city's expansion as a new manifestation of imperialist aggression. In this skillful analysis of Herodotus' intellectual world, J.A.S. Evans combines historical, anthropological, and literary techniques to show how the war affected not only the great thinker's view of Persian aggression and of the people involved in it but also the shape of the Histories themselves. The first essay discusses Herodotus' investigation of imperialism, and the second finds the beginnings of biography in his descriptions of individuals, particularly in his well-crafted portrait of Cyrus. The third essay describes… Read More

Princeton University Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0691068712 . Small black pen line to front panel (2 cm) else DJ fine. ; 184 pages; Why does a power expand and become an empire? Writing in the early years of the Peloponnesian War, Herodotus gave Athens full credit for saving Greece from Persia, but also identified the city's expansion as a new manifestation of imperialist aggression. In this skillful analysis of Herodotus' intellectual world, J.A.S. Evans combines historical, anthropological, and literary techniques to show how the war affected not only the great thinker's view of Persian aggression and of the people involved in it but also the shape of the Histories themselves. The first essay discusses Herodotus' investigation of imperialism, and the second finds the beginnings of biography in his descriptions of individuals, particularly in his well-crafted portrait of Cyrus. The third essay describes the "Father of History" as a… Read More