Landmark Herodotus : The Histories

from auntmarge64

This is a superb edition of the classic by the "Father of History", even (or maybe especially) for the non-specialist. I read the Kindle edition simultaneously with the print version (950+ pages), the first for ease of use, the second for the hundreds of maps, which don't show up well in e-ink. T...

from wildbill

There are good reasons to refer to this edition as the "Landmark". To begin with it has 127 maps which I found invaluable. All of the places in the text are referenced to a specific map with location references where necessary. The maps are excellent and some pages contain three maps that are ser...

from dclxvispqr

I'm not qualified to judge the quality of the translation, but I found it very readable. I had read an earlier translation of Herodotus, and the Landmark version was much clearer. The true value of this book, however, and of the Thucydides volume as well, is that the maps, footnotes, and appendic...

from Shahge

Well, "Land Mark Herodotus: The Histories" was not my first Herodotus book, I had many before but none of them was easier to read. Because of my lack of any background of history, especially the ancient history, I was only able to read few pages and then I had to stop. But this excellent, easy to...

from Wolcott37

If one must begin somewhere, they might as well begin at the beginning. The first true work of history, Herodotus' Histories has been poured over more times than anything in the West but the Bible, the Iliad and the Odyssey. Works like these can stand multiple re-readings, each time finding a gem...