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| − | }}[[File:HerodotusHerodotiHalicarnasseiHistoriarum1763HalfTitle.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Half-title.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herodotus Herodotus] (c. 484 BCE–425 BCE) was the first Greek historian, and perhaps the first true historian to commit history to writing. Born in Halicarnassus, an Ancient Greek city in present-day Turkey on the Aegean Sea, Herodotus wrote during the third quarter of the fifth century BCE. He, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thucydides Thucydides] following him shortly after, embraced the systematic approach of true ''historia'', meaning inquiry, observation and research of events and people. Though his methods were still in the early untested stages which would be greatly improved upon by more modern historians, Herodotus began a crucial intellectual endeavor for which Ancient Greece became known.<ref>G.E.M. De Ste. Croix, “Herodotus,” ''Greece & Rome'', Second Series 24, no. 2 (Oct. 1977): 130-31.</ref><br/> | + | }}[[File:HerodotusHerodotiHalicarnasseiHistoriarum1763HalfTitle.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Half-title.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herodotus Herodotus] (c. 484 BCE–425 BCE) was the first Greek historian, and perhaps the first true historian to commit history to writing. Born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halicarnassus Halicarnassus], an Ancient Greek city in present-day Turkey on the Aegean Sea, Herodotus wrote during the third quarter of the fifth century BCE. He, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thucydides Thucydides] following him shortly after, embraced the systematic approach of true ''historia'', meaning inquiry, observation and research of events and people. Though his methods were still in the early untested stages which would be greatly improved upon by more modern historians, Herodotus began a crucial intellectual endeavor for which Ancient Greece became known.<ref>G.E.M. De Ste. Croix, “Herodotus,” ''Greece & Rome'', Second Series 24, no. 2 (Oct. 1977): 130-31.</ref><br/> |
<br/>Now considered one of the foundational books of history, Herodotus’s ''Histories'', or ''The History'', was originally criticized and discounted by his peers. His anthropological approach to history was much less desired than more political works. Analyzing the importance of culture in key historical events, Herodotus’s work fell to the wayside behind the “sharper but narrower political historiography of Thucydides.” <ref>Carl E. Schorske, “History and the Study of Culture,” ''New Literary History'' 21, no. 2 (Winter 1990): 409.</ref> | <br/>Now considered one of the foundational books of history, Herodotus’s ''Histories'', or ''The History'', was originally criticized and discounted by his peers. His anthropological approach to history was much less desired than more political works. Analyzing the importance of culture in key historical events, Herodotus’s work fell to the wayside behind the “sharper but narrower political historiography of Thucydides.” <ref>Carl E. Schorske, “History and the Study of Culture,” ''New Literary History'' 21, no. 2 (Winter 1990): 409.</ref> | ||
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Hērodotou Halikarnēssēos Historiōn Logoi 9 Epigraphomenoi Mousai = Herodoti Halicarnassei Historiarum Libri IX Musarum Nominibus Inscripti
by Herodotus
| Hērodotou Halikarnēssēos Historiōn Logoi 9 Epigraphomenoi Mousai | |
 Title page from Hērodotou Halikarnēssēos Historiōn Logoi 9 Epigraphomenoi Mousai, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary. | |
| Author | Herodotus |
| Editor | Lodewijk Caspar Valckenaer, with notes of Petrus Wesseling |
| Published | Amstelodami: Sumptibus Petri Schoutenii |
| Date | 1763 |
| Language | Greek and Latin in parallel columns |
| Pages | 26], 868, 177, [69] |
| Desc. | Folio (43 cm.) |
Now considered one of the foundational books of history, Herodotus’s Histories, or The History, was originally criticized and discounted by his peers. His anthropological approach to history was much less desired than more political works. Analyzing the importance of culture in key historical events, Herodotus’s work fell to the wayside behind the “sharper but narrower political historiography of Thucydides.” [2]
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
Listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as "Herodotus Gronovii. Gr. Lat. fol." and given by Thomas Jefferson to his grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph. The Brown Bibliography[3] lists the 1763 edition published in Amersterdam while George Wythe's Library[4] on LibraryThing states "Precise edition unknown. Several folio editions were published." The Wolf Law Library followed Brown's recommendation and purchased the edition published in Amsterdam in 1763.
Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy
Bound in full period leather binding with new spine in speckled calf. Red morocco label with gilt lettering on spine. All edges stained red. Contains the bookplate of Thomas S. McClelland on the front pastedown and that of Beloit College Library on the front free endpaper. Purchased from Rose's Books.
View this book in William & Mary's online catalog.
References
- ↑ G.E.M. De Ste. Croix, “Herodotus,” Greece & Rome, Second Series 24, no. 2 (Oct. 1977): 130-31.
- ↑ Carl E. Schorske, “History and the Study of Culture,” New Literary History 21, no. 2 (Winter 1990): 409.
- ↑ Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433
- ↑ LibraryThing, s. v. "Member: George Wythe", accessed on April 21, 2013.
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