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This volume offers a historical and factual commentary on Herodotus book 6. The introductory discussions include one on the background to the Ionian revolt and the role of Histiaeus. The commentary aims to assess the reality behind Herodotus' text: the revolt and its aftermath; the various aspects of Spartan affairs in the middle of the book; Datis' invasion of Eretria and Attica; and Miltiades' expedition the following year. Material that cannot conveniently be dealt with in the commentary itself, and a number of related topics that merit consideration, are considered in a series of appendices. These include discussions of Cleomenes' madness in relation to his activities in Arcadia, and the Argive reaction to his victory at Sepeia.

Herodotus. --- Greece --- Grèce --- History --- Historiography. --- Histoire --- Historiographie --- Historiography --- Grèce --- Griechenland --- Hellas --- Yaṿan --- Vasileion tēs Hellados --- Hellēnikē Dēmokratia --- République hellénique --- Royaume de Grèce --- Kingdom of Greece --- Hellenic Republic --- Ancient Greece --- Ελλάδα --- Ellada --- Ελλάς --- Ellas --- Ελληνική Δημοκρατία --- Ellēnikē Dēmokratia --- Elliniki Dimokratia --- Grecia --- Grčija --- Hellada --- اليونان --- يونان --- al-Yūnān --- Yūnān --- 希腊 --- Xila --- Греция --- Gret︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Herodotus --- Persian wars , 500-449 B.C. --- Ionian Revolt, 499-494 B.C. --- Historical criticism --- Authorship --- Criticism --- Ionian Revolt (Greece : 499-494 B.C.) --- Persian Wars (Greece : 500-449 B.C.) --- History (Herodotus) --- Hērodotou historiai (Herodotus) --- Historiai (Herodotus) --- Historiae (Herodotus) --- Mousai (Herodotus) --- Herodotus (Herodotus) --- Histories (Herodotus) --- Musae (Herodotus) --- Hērodotou Halikarnēssēos Historiōn logoi ennea (Herodotus) --- Historiōn logoi ennea (Herodotus) --- 500-449 B.C --- Greece. --- Gret͡sii͡ --- Greece - History - Ionian Revolt, 499-494 B.C. - Historiography --- Greece - History - Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C. - Historiography

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Timeless wisdom on controlling anger in personal life and politics from the Roman Stoic philosopher and statesman SenecaIn his essay "On Anger" (De Ira), the Roman Stoic thinker Seneca (c. 4 BC-65 AD) argues that anger is the most destructive passion: "No plague has cost the human race more dear." This was proved by his own life, which he barely preserved under one wrathful emperor, Caligula, and lost under a second, Nero. This splendid new translation of essential selections from "On Anger," presented with an enlightening introduction and the original Latin on facing pages, offers readers a timeless guide to avoiding and managing anger. It vividly illustrates why the emotion is so dangerous and why controlling it would bring vast benefits to individuals and society.Drawing on his great arsenal of rhetoric, including historical examples (especially from Caligula's horrific reign), anecdotes, quips, and soaring flights of eloquence, Seneca builds his case against anger with mounting intensity. Like a fire-and-brimstone preacher, he paints a grim picture of the moral perils to which anger exposes us, tracing nearly all the world's evils to this one toxic source. But he then uplifts us with a beatific vision of the alternate path, a path of forgiveness and compassion that resonates with Christian and Buddhist ethics.Seneca's thoughts on anger have never been more relevant than today, when uncivil discourse has increasingly infected public debate. Whether seeking personal growth or political renewal, readers will find, in Seneca's wisdom, a valuable antidote to the ills of an angry age.

Anger --- 80s BC. --- Aeneid. --- Agrippina the Elder. --- Analogy. --- Ancient art. --- Anecdote. --- Assassination. --- Astyages. --- Awareness. --- Bassus. --- Blacklisting. --- Cato the Younger. --- Clothing. --- Correction (novel). --- Courtesy. --- Cruelty. --- Cyrus the Great. --- De Beneficiis. --- De Ira. --- Death of Alexander the Great. --- Decorum. --- Democritus. --- Denarius. --- Despotism. --- Diction. --- Diogenes of Babylon. --- Eloquence. --- Epic poetry. --- Epictetus. --- Eunuch. --- Fiction. --- Flattery. --- Foe (novel). --- Forehead. --- Freedman. --- Gaius Caesar. --- Gauls. --- Harpagus. --- Herodotus. --- Histories (Herodotus). --- Iliad. --- Introspection. --- Laughter. --- Law court (ancient Athens). --- Livy. --- Marcus Caelius Rufus. --- Metaphor. --- Michel Foucault. --- Nickname. --- Odysseus. --- Otium. --- Paragraph. --- Parricide. --- Philosopher. --- Poetry. --- Practical Ethics. --- Pretext. --- Pricking. --- Pro Caelio. --- Proconsul. --- Proscription. --- Result. --- Roman Senate. --- Sarcasm. --- Self-control. --- Seneca the Younger. --- Sexism. --- Sextus (praenomen). --- Silver coin. --- Stoicism. --- Sulla. --- Sybaris. --- The Persians. --- Theft. --- Thought. --- Thyestes. --- Torture. --- Tragedy. --- Treatise. --- Trojan War. --- Virgil. --- War of succession. --- Wildness. --- Writer. --- Writing style. --- Writing.

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This volume is a sustained exercise in the genre of secondary literature which aims at explaining a literary work as much as possible in and through the author's own words. A crucial passage in direct speech by different speakers from the History of Herodotus, the earliest long Greek prose text, has been made the object of a systematic effort to distill and analyse the linguistic characteristics relevant to its interpretation, by confronting it with the rest of the work as well as with earlier and contemporary writings. This is done with the primary aim of placing the interpretation of a major author on the firmest ground available, the author's inches per secondissimi verba . The result, made accessible by full indexes, will prove helpful to readers of any part of Herodotus' History .

Guerre dans la littérature --- Oorlog in de literatuur --- Parole (Linguistique) dans la littérature --- Speech in literature --- Spraak in de literatuur --- War in literature --- Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek --- Discours grecs --- Parole dans la littérature --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- Herodotus --- Herodotus. --- Literary style. --- Greece --- Grèce --- History --- Histoire --- Speech in literature. --- War in literature. --- History and criticism. --- -War in literature --- Greek orations --- Greek speeches --- -Herodot --- Gerodot --- Hērodotos --- Erodoto --- Hérodote --- Heródoto --- הירודוטוס --- הרודוט --- הרודוטוס --- هردوت --- هيرودوت --- Ἡρόδοτος --- Literary style --- -Literature and the war. --- -Literary style --- Hérodote --- Herodotos --- Parole dans la littérature --- Guerre dans la littérature --- Grèce --- Herodot --- Griechenland --- Hellas --- Yaṿan --- Vasileion tēs Hellados --- Hellēnikē Dēmokratia --- République hellénique --- Royaume de Grèce --- Kingdom of Greece --- Hellenic Republic --- Ancient Greece --- Ελλάδα --- Ellada --- Ελλάς --- Ellas --- Ελληνική Δημοκρατία --- Ellēnikē Dēmokratia --- Elliniki Dimokratia --- Grecia --- Grčija --- Hellada --- اليونان --- يونان --- al-Yūnān --- Yūnān --- 希腊 --- Xila --- Греция --- Gret︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Literature and the wars. --- Speeches, addresses, etc. [Greek ] --- Herodotus - Literary style. --- Herodotus. - History. - Book 7. --- Greece - History - Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C. - Literature and the wars. --- Herodotus van Halicarnassus --- Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek. --- Literature --- Style, Literary --- Language and languages --- Rhetoric --- Style --- Persian Wars (Greece : 500-449 B.C.) --- History (Herodotus) --- Hērodotou historiai (Herodotus) --- Historiai (Herodotus) --- Historiae (Herodotus) --- Mousai (Herodotus) --- Herodotus (Herodotus) --- Histories (Herodotus) --- Musae (Herodotus) --- Hērodotou Halikarnēssēos Historiōn logoi ennea (Herodotus) --- Historiōn logoi ennea (Herodotus) --- 500-449 B.C. --- Greece. --- Gret͡sii͡ --- Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek - History and criticism.