Herodotus' Histories (FULL Audiobook) - book (1 of 3)
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Herodotus' Histories Vol 1 Audiobook
HERODOTUS (c.484 BC - 425 BC), translated by A. D. GODLEY (1856 - 1925)
The Histories of Herodotus of Halicarnassus is considered the first work of history in Western literature. Written about 440 BC, the Histories tell the story of the war between the Persian Empire and the Greek city-states in the 5th century BC. Herodotus traveled extensively around the ancient world, conducting interviews and collecting stories for his book. The rise of the Persian Empire is chronicled, and the causes for the conflict with Greece. Herodotus treats the conflict as an ideological one, frequently contrasting the absolute power of the Persian king with the democratic government of the Greeks. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia.)
Genre(s): Antiquity
Language: English (FULL Audiobook)
It's a priceless privilege to have access to these books! One I try to never take for granted. Thanks for uploading. Cheers!
And a great reading/translation.
Book 1 Part 1 0:28
Book 1 part 2 16:23
Book 1 Part 3 42:10
Book 1 Part 6 2:00:40
Book 1 Part 8 2:51:39
Book 2 part 2 4:41:41
Book 2 part 3 5:01:53
Book 2 part 4 5:32:00
Book 2 part 5 5:57:05
Book 2 part 7 6:46:05 "King left pyramid"
Book 2 part 8 7:08:00 "The 12 kings"
Book 3 part 1 7:39:20 Cyrus son
Book 3 part 3 8:20:50
Book 3 part 4 8:41:50
Book 3 part 5 9:04:31
Book 3 part 6 9:23:47
Ammon, Zeus 5:21:10
You are a Saint! Thank you !
Book 1 Part 2 16:23
@@insanitiesinfliction I have add it to the list.
2:00:40 is Book 1 Part 6
Thank you!!!!
I appreciate the fact we are privileged enough to receive this great historical oratory, but I must say not all narrators are created equal! Love this channel. Thx
3:16:00
Thank you who ever created this channel, for the wonderful audio books.
Well, if it isn't Hannibal!
I appreciate it a lot that I'm able to access this through UA-cam. Thank you for sharing this.
Thank you for uploading this video. Ever since work installed wifi two years ago, I've been going youtube history channels and exhausted all their vids. I got a sigh of relief when I saw it was 10 hours. No more flipping around for a bit
check history related podcasts too.,...you can listen to University lecture series that are usually an hour and a half long or so, and Greek or Roman history series can be over 150 lectures, on after another. "Internet Archive" too. just search for what you like.,...you've only seen/heard the tip of the ice-berg. have fun!😉👍
i had to study this at school- and it was interesting, but I used to listen to it as I fell asleep and now this just sends me to sleep and its fantastic
I use to do that with my favorite band...then I fell asleep at a concert
This is so much better than manually reading the book. I find that this keeps me going at a much better pace.
it's like you can read a book, even while drunk
1st of all thanks 4 the great upload.
Hallelujah, it seems that all the volunteer readers are capable of using well modulate voices with enough inflection to show understanding/interest of the subject matter. In addition, the overall volume is maintained consistently. And that's saying a lot for Librivox if you know what I mean. 2 thumbs up! Let's keep our fingers crossed 4 the next volume.
@4:34:10 One of the most overlooked statements Herodotus ever made. He is hinting that Egypt compared to what it was is dead even in his era. That Thebes used to BE EGYPT and the delta was some minor far away part of it. He is almost saying Egypt has been turned upside down and weakened. Thank Psamtik I for that
Thank you to all that read!!
43:52 "for that other, since he is ruined, he doesn't exist for me" I can't believe a 2000 year old book just made me LOL (listening to this while as I'm cramming a drawing for an assignment)
Had me laughing in the first few paragraphs
yes,...It's surprising what some 2,000 year old books can make us do.😉
i learn this stories in my Greek school when i was 9 years old but is nice to listen them again
I Wish Audible would have had Graham Redmun narrate this book.
I dearly hope he is still with us!
Unfortunately I believe David Timson's narration, on Audible (although I usually love him narrating) is not quite right for Herodotus, I think Graham Redmun's no nonsense and no artifice minimalist approach is spot on and really helps the listener hear the actual information clearly.
Thanks for making this available.
Graham Redmond delightful reading!
I like how real the mythology is. I’m thankful for all of the scientific progress we’ve made but it’s cool listening to him talk about the gods and things like the Phoenix in historical terms.
@Katarina Love
Right
Phoinix is the mythological bird that is reborn from its ashes.
The Phoenicians were called by the ancient Greeks various populations of Semitic origin that were engaged in maritime trade in the Mediterranean. These may have included Aramaeans, Assyrians and other peoples from the Middle East. In other respects, the Greeks used the general term "Phoenicians" for all the Eastern merchants of the East who carried exotic products and spoke exotic languages, and not for a specific city-state, ethnicity, language or cultural group.
Interesting, for sure. However, I'd make a distinction between the scientific method we have developed and the emerging cult of Science that we are beginning to see today; Two very different things. The latter of which is becoming a godless religion and will prove dangerous in time.
Everyone talked about phoenix.phen.fenris.feng the dragon in China.maybe it was a real thing.maybe it was a major astronomical phenomenon that orbits us on a long orbit.maybe it's coming back in 2040 to do what it always does
It's probably cause this stuff really happened.
Graham Redman is a good reader. I wish they had had him do the whole book.
Absolutely. The rest are complete duds.
Precisely
Agreed
I have yet to know what Herodotus has to say in the chapters read by a certain narrator.
While they have a perfectly fine voice, that would be perfect for many things and genres, but I just can't make it more than a minute before skipping ahead until it returns to a voice that fits the material.
It's so bad. It's like a 95 year old man reading the diary of a 13 year old girl, and my brain just can't pay attention to the words.
me too!
This is very helpful and at the same time fun way to learn English. Thank you so much.
2000 year old English is a bit different, but cool!
I read this book in my 20s and absolutely loved it!
Thank you! Very interesting data. 12 foot man and cool description of Persian culture. Cool people. Peace and prosperity to Iran.
This has added a new interest in my life - i love ancient history but i hate Hollywood distorted garbage - this is super -
There has always been artistic license in Hollywood but, it's undeniable, that they're now just purposely rewriting history to appeal to contemporary ideological dogma and consumerism.
@@sh-hg4eg *to appeal to the CCP
Herodotus is wonderful! Just so you know, alot of what he says does end up NOT being true, but I do believe he wrote it to the best of his ability. He also did lie about quite a few things - for example, most historians (i, also, studied history extensively, and it is my speciality) know that he didn't go to Egypt, or many of the places he says he visited, but only spoke to people who had, or who were from those places.. BUT, HE IS, NEVERTHELESS, A WONDERFUL SOURCE ON MANY ASPECTS OF HISTORY OF HIS PERIOD, AND OTHERS, AND, ALONG WITH THAT, A WONDERFUL WRITER!
● HEY! A GREAT ANCIENT WRITER IS XENOPHON!! HE WAS ONE OF "THE 10,000," A GROUP OF GREEK MERCENARIES WHO FOUGHT IN A PERSIAN CIVIL WAR, HAD THE PERSON FOR WHOM THEY WERE FIGHTING DIE - EVEN THOUGH THEY WOULD HAVE WON THE BATTLE - AND, SUBSEQUENTLY, HAD TO MARCH, WHILE BEING PERSUED, OVER A THOUSAND MILES BACK TO GREECE THROUGH PRESIAN TERRITORY. XENOPHON IS WHAT WAS A MUCH MORE COMMON THING THEN - AND, EVEN, AS LATE AS WORLD WARS 1 AND 2 - THAN IT IS TODAY: A SOLDIER (OR GENERAL) WHO IS ALSO A TRUE HISTORIAN. IT IS TRULY FASCINATING, BECAUSE, AS THEY'RE MARCHING BACK TO GREECE, THEY PASS MANY ABANDONED CITIES (LIKE NINEVEH - THE ASSYRIANS, ASSUR - ASSYRIANS, ETC.)AND HE DISCUSSES THE CITIES, CULTURES AND PRACTICES, HISTORIES, PEOPLES, ETC., OF EVERY PLACE THROUGH WHICH HE PASSES.
I THINK YOU WOULD LOVE HIM! HE - ALTHOUGH I LOVE HERODOTUS - IS ONE OF THE BEST ( AT LEAST, ONE OF MY FAVORITES!) LITERARY/HISTORICAL SOURCES ! I'VE LOVED HIM SINCE I FIRST READ HIM WHILE I WAS GETTING MY FIRST UNDERGRAD DEGREE! LIKE HERODOTUS, I CAN READ XENOPHON OVER AND OVER, AND OVER, AND ENJOY IT EVERY SINGLE TIME!!
You would Love Dan Carlin's Hardcore History!
Hey friend UA-cam ask me to rate your comment.. but I don't believe my opinion of anyone's common is relevant. I took a screenshot of this it won't let me apply it here, but I felt that somebody needs to keep the honest, honest around here..
This is extremely interesting. Thank you!
So glad this is on UA-cam
8:19:30 all men consider their religion to be the best, so don't deride them... says Herodotus
I used to watch your channel
He and Tacitus definitely came from different schools of thought. At the end of his histories some... Colorful things to say about Jews and Christians. Both the cultures and religions have changed sufficiently that even if there was any truth to the accusations they no longer apply. Does it make me a bad person that I thought that section was hilarious?
@@ChristopherOttersen why do they no longer apply?
@@sh-hg4eg it's been a while since I read it so the specific details are a bit fuzzy but in the case of the Jews it was a really a criticism of Jewish culture, which I can fairly sure has changed considerably since the population of the province was scattered. In the case of christians the religion as we know it bares very little resemblance to it's early forms. At the time they were zealots following an outlawed religion. They were basically a cult in the modern sense of the word.
@@ChristopherOttersen interesting. Thank you for your response. I am yet to reach the part in question but it will be interesting to see what he has to say.
Book 1:
6:10 (starts paragraph 6)
42:10 (paragraph 37-62)
1:11:00 (paragraphs 63-78)
Excellent resource. Thanks for posting.
great first reader.
Agreed.
Shame about the second.. meedees 😖 and other pronunciations
1:22:58 START of section 71 of book 1.
I fucking love UA-cam! Thank you :D
I wanted to reread the books. Glad I came across this. More relaxing to listen
I read it 4 times, I wonder why schools do not teach it?!
they are. communist.
Since he had some errors he is now the 'father of lies' even though much of his error is admitted by his own precautions and he had the obligation to report what he had heard.
If he is the father of lies then the bible is archaeological fools gold.
He is to lose on the history and doesn't speak pure facts and often prefer glory to realism
Modern schools teach little of value, regarding history. In England you will learn about Romans, Norman invasion, Henry VIII, WWI, WWII and that's it. Nothing about the founding of the nation, the pre-Anglo-Saxon era (you'll maybe get Beowulf for the following Anglo-Saxon era), nothing about the civil wars and certainly nothing about the great western canons, such as this. This history you are taught is often done so in a one sided fashion, to give a false impression of wider society at that time, such as various brutal invasions being championed as examples of diversity or the grotesque misrepresentation of human bondage in human history, for political reasons.
To teach history honestly often means going against the modern egalitarian dogma or, at the very least, it means eating up time from other useless classes or classes that have been padded out with thinly disguised propaganda from the prevailing ideological dogma of today.
I prefer glory over everything
I reckon Herodotus asked some random troll about animals in their country. "Yeah bro we got those flying snakes"
Facts do tend to get exaggerated thru history but it has alot of amazing things that were true..
My favorite Picture....And my favorite Philosopher, Diogenes of Sinope sitting at center on stairs.
Are you stupid that is aristotel and Plato Diogenes disliked the academy of Athens
Are you stupid? He said “ sitting” does aristotle or plato look like theyre sitting? The fukc is wrong with u kis
Kid*
9:19:00 gold worth 13x silver
Today it's 50 to I....Buy silver....And lead.
What kind of exchange rate is that-us citizen where 1 foot=12 in and 1 mile is 5280 ft
Good show my dear lads & lasses! ;)
The dolphin took Orion. Beautiful.
Bravos. Well done.
Σας ευχαριστώ Alfred Denis Godley και σας ευχαριστώ Graham Redman, αυτό είναι ένα μεγάλο δώρο.
Ah it's like being back in physics class.
Don't forget the Greek character who went to school in America in the 90s...the great "herodabus"...spector of the yellow high occupancy vehicle...
Lovely reading. Thanks.
Listening for fun 👁️👄👁️ might fugg around and get a history degree
Lovely, thank you.
@2:30mins - mindblow
reader sounds professional👍 just to nitpick the painting is of plato and aristotle set in 4th century bc, while herodotus died by 426bc.
Great reading
In case you didn't notice, this is a Librivox recording
Unfortunately, at the 5th hour, a woman starts reading who does not have a good reading voice and doesn't know the pronunciation of words: she pronounced Heraklis (Hercules) as Hur-a-culs (like miracles). then = den, other = udder...
Dionysus = Di-on-is-is....
Patience.
she just reads for an hour. ;-)
she read a chapter earlier in the book as well. I think it was 7
I just got to that part now, I don't think english is her first language or shes just not at all familiar with how those words are pronounced ( she does sound young)
The narrators are all text-to-voice programs.
@Spacey Tracey exactly
I thoroughly appreciate this audiobook being posted, but why the hell do you volunteer to read if you cannot pronounce half the words or if your going to nasally mumble through it? Graham should've read the whole thing.
+JustSmokeGreen None of the readers are pronouncing the Greek words properly, but I do love the sound of Graham's accent. puff puff pass
I think it's a robot.
Graham Redman is World Class.
30:00 this is hilarious lol.
Seminar Report: Is thought a Mental Representation
By Haridath C U
Semister III, MA Philosophy
Department of Philosophy
21KA03PH14
SSUS Kalady
To Prof. Sreekala M. Nair
Heaf of Department
Department of Philosophy
SSUS Kalady
Introduction
Thought is the part of man that marks him from the other animals. Knowledge of thought is therefore honorable.
The contents are divided into On Representation, On Mental Represention and On Thought.
The reason for the topic is that philospers in the sense of philospers of cognative science are prone to use this expression "mental representation" though it's unclear what they mean ny this or what their own sources are nor why they beleive that thought can be said to be a "mental representation". It's plain that thst it has to be mental representation or it cannot be mental representation at the same moment in the same respect. There is a hypothesis that the philospers in the sense of philosophy of cognative science were under the influence of Arthur Schopenhauer, and Immanuel Kant. But such supposition will take us away from the subject matter.
One of the austro-german variations of the numerous post-hegalian philosophies, was used to "eliminate metaphysics" by such organisations as the "Berlin Circle", "Vienna Circle", etc. during the so-called "lingustic turn". The culture of Britian was suitable for such an operation( the tendency can already spotted in the promotion of empiricism, utilitarianism, scepticism, etc. in British culture) and Cambridge Apostles, an apparent secret society, in opposition to the Oxford hegalians or neo-hegalians such as F.H. Bradley and T. H. Green, was atleast sucessful atleast in persuading some faculties departments-mainly around domain that was once governed by the British Empire( and some north European countries too)-thsy
Content
1. On Representation
2. On Mental Representation
3. On Thought
Conclusion
Great post, thank you!!
Book 3 starts at 7:39:30
02:00:51 Paragraph 94 of Book I, Part VI.
THIS IS A LIFESAVER
You realy need a good audio reader for this type of Ancient work I can tell a good voice when I hear one. Any way these are free audio books can't complain I cam think of alot of good audio book readers some famous some not so.
Great tellings
"Athenians said to be the subtlest of Greeks" this said as virtue what does being subtle mean then?
Meaning they are not gluttonous and take what the need and not overstep.
They are not rash or quick tempered. The most thoughtful.
It means they are well considered and rational. Although, you'll find other writers often portray this trait of the Athenians as inhibiting and, in the context of democracy, open to abuse. Indeed, democratic rule was largely considered a poor system later on, due to the above considerations of how slow it is today react, that it is often open to serial corruption (think of modern politicians) and, with the advent of mass emancipation, that it eventually becomes a race to the lowest common denominator.
8:24:00 the perils of winning too much
Thank you for this YAHSHUA
Wendy Noto 400 years before Jesus. No need to thank him for this wonderful work. Maybe thank Zues.
There are 9 volumes, why do they only have three recorded?
Ohhhh lordy lordy....But they's tired massah.
1:29:18 just placing a mark here
Hail midyah. I will honer my ancestors and always be light for righteousness.
Brilliant
This is the first of Herrodotos I have ever heard. Can someone tell me if he visits and tells of the Celts/Gauls?
This is 500 before Rome and the galic wars
Romulus and Remus were still on the tit when most of the histories of Herodotus were already in ancient history. Tragedy of Alexandria and it's
Most advanced Library in the ancient world, unfortunately lost irreplaceable manuscripts. As per the greatest written histories to ever be compiled and housed in any single place proved to be a major change in education, but also a lesson to not have so many irreplaceable manuscripts in one place so that no single fire could be such a blow to our current understanding s of the ancient world. Unfortunately we will never be able to Know all, of the lost treasures of knowledge.
@@byronraptis686 Humanity suffered another great loss of knowledge when the Mongols sacked Bagdad, burned & slaughtered everything as punishment for killing the Great Kahns Emissarys.
@@tommyodonovan3883 Welp, shouldnt have done that. Lol
Dude am i tripping or did this foo just say he split open a bunnny and put a sticky note in its stomach and somehow the bunnny went across borders straight to xyres? 2:35:00
NVM all caps he said he sent the bunny with a servant, okay i was tripping the fukc out. That was about to be some unbelievable shet
Today I learned a book could make you high.
If you havent,
Read Plato, mainly for socrates. Not his original crap.
The Republic.
Apology.
PHAEDO.
In that order. And if you truly take in and think through the words it will change your life.
@@richardwhite6062 bro I want to get high not have a f****** Revelation.
@@anarchyandempires5452 You act like they are like oil and water and cannot mix
And assume i dont smoke.
But carry on.
I would take that advice but i think socrates is a betch too
02:22:30 Part VII, Book I. Par. 114.
where is book 2? I need to read it for class, too.
The English lady sounded like she was about to fall asleep damn
Awful, accent doesnt help either
8:28:00 the sack wants flour. spartans say this is overwordy
with "the sack"
Actually, that is the correct usage.
@@BavonWW you really gonna argue with Sparta?
@@brictator Very few lived to tell the tale.
So the Ethiopians lived to 120 years and ate boiled meat of every creature under 4 foot high , freely available on their altar if the sun and they drank milk. They refused to eat the wheat dough bread of tPersians who only lived to be 80 . But they liked their palm wine
120 years seems an exaggerated account but similar descriptions of vigour and health are made of the Mongolians and Scythians who subsisted off similar pastoral diets. They were considered stronger, healthier and able to go longer between meals than people on a grain based diet. There is speculation on this being a factor in their ability to dominate neighbouring regions.
Nah its all facts
Book mark 1:07
The devil can be a fortune teller as well as his minions the fallen Angels or gods. They have been trying to copy the Jewish then Christian rituals from the beginning, I see this intertwined with mythology & the Holt Bible. So interesting and very well read
You're right.
"Asia" means Turkey.
The Alternative Hypothesis thank you. also i didn't expect to find you here but the fact you are makes sense. you make very quality videos
The Alternative Hypothesis Asia minor*
When an ancient Greek is talking about "Asia", he means Turkey. He doesn't mean Persia.
Where did you get that idea? are you american? Turkey did not exist in ancient times it is a modern nation founded by Kemal Ataturk, and the land area is now called Asia Minor.
He means Asia in ancient Greek texts = Anatolia = Modern Turkey.
There's a lot of people that existed before we were born
Its all good.. ty for it 🦊🐱🐺🐶
please when you post ads make sure the volume is not so loud that it breaks the eardrums. I do not mind a couple of ads but I will skip ads before 30 seconds thus you do not make pennies from this listener. Try listening to a book you post after adding the ads, then you'll understand a legitimate complaint as opposed to whinging.
that is youtube.....
Africa and the Americas are vastly different than implied domestic population. Due to be uncomfortable truth for some, but we need to revise the land bridge theory as the primary point of population movements between Asia and the Americas.
New information has not fully been processed yet to be determined that the Bering sea land bridge was the primary route to inhabitants of North America and Central America let alone the vast distance from Brazil to Patagonia.
Keeping this in mind the Nubians of tribal life had No written languages. Only during the Nubian dominant era of ancient Egypt
did they use the same hyrogliphs.
Comprehension does not equal truth, when you say every non Nubian is a direct result of invasion. I ain't beefin by saying this . Respect, just there is so much in history and allot of the peices seem to fit then we have shit that really can challenge what we percieved as truth and I am a white African.
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So interesting thanks.
So… what are you in for? Veritas? CC? We’ve all been there
Right out of the gate it starts out with a cuckold story. WTH?!?
They all do.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂.
Who can steel more. He is king
Part IX book I 03:16:00.
Dream listening
هيستوريا من هيرودوت من السكرناسسوس!!!
2:50:00
Does Herodotus talk about Jesus or the exodus of the Jews from Babylon?
I don't know about j
Jews and the exile but certainly he couldn't have talked about Jesus since he was living 5 centuries before Jesus was born.
Pars X 3:41:15
good story... if only the reader speaks clearly and crisply like morgan.freeman or Robert Graves did
41:06 Never talk to me or my son ever again
☘️ imagine that ☘️
Book 2 pars 1 4:21:33
Herodotus is great, the only thing I dislike is his obvious (and ridiculous) nationalistic exaggerations - I mean does anyone really buy that at the Battle of Plataea the Greeks managed to kill 257,000 Persians while only losing 159 men? You would NEVER see Thucydides exaggerating casualty numbers, and Thucydides himself was an Athenian general.
thucydides is so sadly and unforgivablly unknown.....the era of trechery and mistrust he described is with us again.
+Scott Awaywithit In this book I found about the french political idea history, the part about Hellenistic things mentioned him many times.
thucydides was and still is standard reading for military command across the west.
Thucydides is my favourite history writer. To me, his passion in recording the events he wrote of as accurate as possible is evident. He wanted the absolute facts to be given to the future generations (AKA: US) and I absolutely loved that.
Sammy ‘i am bound to tell what i am told, but not in every case believe it’-Herodotus
where does book 7 start!!! i have to read this book for class and its killing me
HA-HA!
I quite school in 9th....Went to the oilfields of Alberta/Texas/ND.....Its been Boats and Hoes Redheads and Whisky Sowers ever since.
And I'll retire at 55yrs...in 14months 10days 15hrs.
This dude is the most British man on planet Earth.
Im so lost with this story 6:25:00 who is priam? Who the fukc is the trojans and who is alexandrian and who is helen and who is menelaus
You obviously haven't read tue Iliad lol
Maybe you should look up each one because you need a few history courses
Thanks but the audio power level goes up and down and makes it impossible to follow.
1:18:16 “Lick-ass” teehee
She speaks with a lisp, and at times she does not pronounce her words clearly
750:00