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The Madness of Cambyses

- Herodotus
English, Ancient history
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'Do you see your son, standing over there, in the antechamber? Well, I am going to shoot him.' The story of the great and mad Cambyses, King of Persia, told by part-historian, part-mythmaker Herodotus of Halicarnassus. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Herodotus (c.484-425 BCE). Herodotus' The Histories is also available in Penguin Classics.
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Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
February 26, 2015
Pages
64
ISBN
9780141398778
Format
Paperback
About the author

Herodotus of Herodotosvan Halicarnassus (Halicarnassus, ca. 485 v.Chr. - Thurii, tussen 425/420 v.Chr.), was een Grieks historicus die in het westen beschouwd wordt als de vader van de geschiedschrijving. Hij is vooral bekend door zijn werk De Historiën.

Wegens persoonlijke politieke problemen week Herodotus op jonge leeftijd uit naar het Griekse eiland Samos. In de jaren die daarop volgden maakte hij een reeks studiereizen door de toenmalig bekende wereld (onder andere Griekenland zelf, Klein-Azië, Opper-Egypte, Noord-Afrika, delen van het Midden-Oosten, het huidige Oekraïne en de Krim en delen van West-Europa). Op die manier vergaarde hij een in zijn tijd zeldzaam brede kennis van de wereld.

Rond zijn veertigste levensjaar vestigde hij zich te Athene (omstreeks 445 v.Chr.) waar hij openbare lezingen hield uit zijn reisverslagen. Zo werd hij opgenomen in de kring van vooraanstaande intellectuelen rond de staatsman Pericles. Daartoe behoorde onder andere ook zijn vriend, de tragedieschrijver Sophocles.

Na enkele jaren vertrok hij naar de Pan-Helleense kolonie Thurii in Zuid-Italië, waar hij zich definitief vestigde. Hij maakte af en toe nog reizen door Sicilië en Italië en voltooide zijn levenswerk, de Historiën (oorspronkelijke titel Ἱστορίης ἀπόδεξις, wat zoveel betekent als Verslag van mijn onderzoek).

Hij overleed in Thurii en werd daar omstreeks 426 v.Chr. begraven.

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