I recommend the Landmark editions for every historian that they've yet produced. With Herodotus, there's one caveat. The translation they used for the Herodotus edition of the Landmark Histories was public domain. Since you read Plutarch regularly, that probably won't phase you because the Dryden-Clough translation is a hundred years' older, but for those looking for crisp modern English prose, you won't get it from the Landmark. With that caveat, though, the maps and footnotes alone orient you much more effectively to his whole argument so that you can carry the context with you through the whole work and not just think "I'll re-read that someday when I know more about Greek history!" Happy reading! Plutarch did NOT like Herodotus, but I love his wide-ranging curiosity about things. If Thucydides is the father of history, Herodotus is the fun uncle!
Which version of Herodotus' histories do you recommend?
I recommend the Landmark editions for every historian that they've yet produced. With Herodotus, there's one caveat. The translation they used for the Herodotus edition of the Landmark Histories was public domain. Since you read Plutarch regularly, that probably won't phase you because the Dryden-Clough translation is a hundred years' older, but for those looking for crisp modern English prose, you won't get it from the Landmark. With that caveat, though, the maps and footnotes alone orient you much more effectively to his whole argument so that you can carry the context with you through the whole work and not just think "I'll re-read that someday when I know more about Greek history!" Happy reading! Plutarch did NOT like Herodotus, but I love his wide-ranging curiosity about things. If Thucydides is the father of history, Herodotus is the fun uncle!
@@_grammaticus Thank you sooo much for this!