HERODOTUS, HISTORIAI
The History of Herodotus By Herodotus Translated by G. C. Macaulay 1890, published by MacMillan and Co., London and New York. HERODOTUS, HISTORIES 1. Book I -CLIO 1. Book II -EUTERPE 1. Book III - CLIO 1. Book IV -CLIO 1. Book V -CLIO 1. Book VI -CLIO 1. Book VII -CLIO 1. Book VIII -CLIO 1. Book IX -CLIO PREFACE If a new translation of Herodotus does not justify itself, it will hardlybe justified in a preface; therefore the question whether it was neededmay be left here without discussion. The aim of the translator has beenabove all things faithfulness—faithfulness to the manner ofexpression and to the structure of sentences, as well as to the meaning ofthe Author. At the same time it is conceived that the freedom and varietyof Herodotus is not always best reproduced by such severe consistency ofrendering as is perhaps desirable in the case of the Epic writers beforeand the philosophical writers after his time: nor again must hissimplicit...