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Project Gutenberg's A Commentary on Herodotus, by W. W. How and J. Wells
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Title: A Commentary on Herodotus
Author: W. W. How
J. Wells
Release Date: January 3, 2008 [EBook #24146]
Language: English
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*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A COMMENTARY ON HERODOTUS ***A COMMENTARY ON HERODOTUS
With Introduction and Appendixes
By W. W. How (Fellow and Tutor Of Merton College) and
J. Wells (Warden of Wadham College, 1913–1927)
____________________
Note to the Electronic Edition
A Commentary on Herodotus was originally published in 1912 in two volumes by
Oxford University Press, and was revised, with additional notes, in 1928. It is an
extraordinary work of scholarship, and still the only complete English language
commentary on Herodotus. Although it is undeniably out‐of‐date in places, it just
as undeniably continues to be the essential companion for the study of Herodotus’
Histories.
My goal in creating this electronic edition was to provide readers with a version
which is complete, accurate, and easy to use. Portions of the underlying text were
derived from the incomplete electronic edition developed by the Perseus Project,
to which I am grateful. (The Perseus edition is available under a Creative
Commons 2.5 Generic, Non‐Commercial, “Share Alike” license.) The remainder of
the running text was scanned and converted to text using Abby FineReader
software, while the various tables, charts, and diagrams were recreated manually.
The resulting text was then proofread line by line against the Oxford and the
Perseus editions, enabling me to identify and correct errors originating in the
earlier texts along with any new errors from my digitization. To enhance the
usability of the new text, it was reformatted, and the inconsistent systems for
enumeration, citation, and abbreviation were standardized. A list of the cited
ancient authors and works, along with their abbreviations, has been added to the
prefatory matter. To aid in navigation, the text is bookmarked by the book and
chapter number of the Histories, or by appendix and section. To insure a readable
and consistent appearance, I chose a standard Microsoft font, Palatino Linotype,
which contains a full set of polytonic Greek characters in all styles, including bold
and italic. For a handful of ancient Phoenician characters, I have used the
Alphabetum font developed by classicist Juan‐José Marcos, which is the most
complete Unicode font available for classical languages.
Two elements of the printed edition have not been reproduced. The first is the
maps, omitted because they do not scan well, and because better versions are
readily available online as well as in a variety of inexpensive historical atlases—
and especially in the forthcoming Landmark Herodotus, edited by Robert Strassler
(Pantheon). The second missing element is the original index, omitted because it is
not thorough (as the authors acknowledged), and because it locates entries by
reference to the page number of the printed edition, rather than by reference to the
book and chapter of the Histories. I hope that the capability of full text search will
more than offset this omission.
Undoubtedly, despite my care, there are still errors and inconsistencies in this new
edition. I will be grateful if you report these to me, so that I may correct them.
Also, I can provide the complete text in Microsoft Word .DOC or .DOCX formats,
better edition for future with style tags, to anyone who wishes to create a yet
readers—who I hope will continue to find both enlightenment and delight in the
Father of History.
—Chuck Bennett, San Clemente, October 2007
contact: clbennett@cox.net
Preface 1912
This commentary on Herodotus was planned and begun by Mr. H. D. Leigh, of
Corpus Christi, in conjunction with Mr. How, more than ten years ago. At the time
of his too early death, Mr. Leigh had written notes and excursuses on the first
book; but unfortunately they were found to be on too large a scale for the present
work, although the material collected in them was most valuable, and was largely
used. Thus for the book as it now is we are entirely responsible. We have been
frequently interrupted by more pressing duties, and we fear that in a work the
composition of which has thus been spread over many years, some inconsistencies
may have crept in undetected. The readers of the Clarendon Press have earned our
sincere gratitude by their zeal and care in removing blemishes of form, but for any
graver faults that remain we can only ask indulgence.
The commentary on books i–iv, with the corresponding appendixes, has been
written by Mr. Wells, that on books v–ix, also with the appendixes, by Mr. How.
We have each read and re‐read the otherʹs work, but the ultimate responsibility for
the views expressed rests in the first volume with Mr. Wells, in the second with
Mr. How.
Since the book is intended principally for the use of undergraduates, we have
prefixed short summaries of the subject‐matter to the various sections of the notes,
and for the same reason we have, where possible, quoted English translations of
foreign works, and have referred to antiquities readily accessible in