The Samos of Herodotus (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Samos of Herodotus It is common tradition that Herodotus was for several years an exile on the island of Samos. Rawlinson (Introduction to Translation of Herodotus, pp. 15 f.), however, supposes that "The transfer of residence to Samos is most likely a fiction... His acquaintance with its buildings and localities is not greater than might have been acquired by one or two leisurely visits, and the length at which he treats the history may be accounted for on moral grounds." It is the purpose of this paper to attempt to establish three points regarding Herodotus´ treatment of Samian affairs: 1. Herodotus history of Samos indicates above all else direct influence from Samian monuments, such as the temple of Hera and its votive offerings, Samian architecture and Samian engineering. Samos is often introduced into the text where not really appropriate chiefly because of the historian´s interest in its monuments. This interest grew to the point of absolute and unjustifiable prejudice in favor of Samians generally in matters of history - a prejudice most easily to be explained by long association with the people and the monuments of their achievements. 2. Certain passages dealing with Samian political factions, by their very method of treatment show an intimate knowledge of internal affairs, best explained by residence in Samos. 3. Samos was so much a part of Herodotus mental equipment that it became the natural object of comparison in discussing miscellaneous subjects, and many passages in Herodotus not on the surface derived from Samian sources show, nevertheless, indirect latent Samian origin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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