tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018666038884993649.post891460183810854981..comments2024-02-10T22:00:18.445-05:00Comments on Gather Together and Read: 1000 Books Project: Herodotus' The Histories - Books 1, 2, 3 DiscussionMichelle Stockard Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03572227726980569386noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018666038884993649.post-82784482946329174702020-02-13T15:34:57.908-05:002020-02-13T15:34:57.908-05:00Michelle, thank you for persevering with this!! As...Michelle, thank you for persevering with this!! As I read your comments and quoted passages, I got out my copy of The Histories and began to feel that old excitement come over me whenever I was diving into a new classic, an unknown world. It is strange indeed in its outlook and in its method. I am definitely back IN on the readalong, and I will catch up with you by next time. <br />My version is published by Chicago UP and translated by David Grene, one I relied on for many of the ancient Greek plays. His tone is different, so I wanted to compare the passages you extracted. There is room for many styles and tones in translation--the more the merrier. Going forward, it would be a great help to cite the numbered section in each Book for a quote, for example, I.4 for your first quote. Here is how Grene translated that passage:<br />"It is the work of unjust men, we think, to carry off women at all; but once they have been carried off, to take seriously the avenging of them is the part of fools, as it is the part of sensible men to pay no heed to the matter: clearly, the women would not have been carried off had they no mind to be." <br />This amounts to the same thing as Waterfield's translation--the slur against women is still present! <br />Very interesting about Helen and Homer's choice in the Iliad. Well, that's all for now, till I've read more! Thanks!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00187517182328614133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018666038884993649.post-13537339043842058682020-02-13T11:30:28.622-05:002020-02-13T11:30:28.622-05:00I finally made it through book one. I found that t...I finally made it through book one. I found that the stories were the hooks that kept me coming back. Like Cyrus and Nitocris. I'm reading an annotated one where they go into where Herotodus got stuff right and where he was in left field. But overall, I am enjoying the mix of historical and the mystical. A way to tell a history but with the culture and mythology in mind. <br /><br />I'll come back for another discussion once I'm done with book two. My plans are get through it this weekend. It's a slow read for me! Hopefully I can catch up by March.Heather G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18051840056392247706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018666038884993649.post-71217609979777367062020-02-11T15:14:50.112-05:002020-02-11T15:14:50.112-05:00I read, devoured actually, Herodotus years ago in ...I read, devoured actually, Herodotus years ago in Seminary, during a time when there was questions as to whether or not there was even a Herodotus... and I had a minor in Church History and my favorite book is The Odyssey of Homer! Still not sure about this book and it's going back up on the shelf for another 40 yearsAndrea Stoeckelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05168013270163398015noreply@blogger.com