THE HISTORY OF HERODOTUS, LITERALLY TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH; ILLUSTRATED WITH NOTES, EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL, FROM LARCHER, RENNELL, MITFORD, SCHWEIGHÆUSER, TO WHICH IS ADDED LARCHER'S TABLE OF THE CHRONOLOGY OF HERODOTUS. BY A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. OXFORD: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY TALBOYS AND WHEELER. THE HISTORY OF HERODOTUS. BOOK I. CLIO. HERODOTUS of Halicarnassus publishes these historical researches in order that the actions of men may not be obliterated by length of time, and that the great and wonderful deeds which have been displayed both by Greeks and Barbarians may not become destitute of glory, and also that other things, and the reason for which they carried on war with each other, may not be forgotten. b CHAP. I. Those of the Persians that are celebrated for their knowledged in the history of their country affirm, that the Phoenicians were the original cause of the contention; for that this nation having migrated from the coast of that which is called the Red Sea to the shores of our sea1, and having settled in that country which they inhabit at the present day, a 'Ioropin does not signify history, but researches made with careful and accu rate inquiry; the word ioropew signifying to inquire minutely. This name was given by the ancient Greeks and Romans, to all who were not of their country, or not initiated in their language, manners and customs. In this sense, the word signified with them no more than foreigner; not as with us, a wild, rude, and uncivilized person. c This last part of the introduction cannot evidently be referred to what immediately precedes, but either to un ¿žíτηλα γένηται, or as Schweighæuser wishes to the first line. See his note. d Aóyog in Herodotus and other auVOL. I. thors often signifies a history; Aoyorolos, a writer of history; λóytos, a man skilled in the history and antiquities of a country. Larcher. e Herodotus denominates Erythræan or Red, the whole of that sea which lies between India, Persia, and Arabia, (our sea of Omman,) together with its gulfs and bays. But he, notwithstanding, distinguishes the Arabian gulf very pointedly. Rennel, p. 197. It is evident from book vii. chap. 89. that the Phoenicians, when they changed their place of residence, passed over by land. Larcher. f The Greeks always distinguished the Mediterranean by this name. B |