Study Questions Assignment 14 -- for Herodotus, Histories, bks 4 and 5
- IV.42-43 What information do we learn about Africa from H's account of these expeditions?
Map of the world as envisioned in Herodotus's day
- What is the relation of Chapters 1 - 82 to H's account of Darius?
- IV.126 Why does Darius ask the Scythian king to bring him earth and water?
- IV.131-132 What gifts were actually sent and what did they mean? 134. What caused Darius finally to abandon his attack on the Scythians?
- Book IV concerns mostly Darius's expedition against the Scythians and briefly against the Libyans. Describe some of the details concerning the land of Scythia H. relates. Where is it? What is it like? How do the people live?
- V.3-8 How does H. describe the Thracians?
- V.28 and 30 are important in the transition to Persian War coming up. How did the troubles begin?
- V.35 How was the secret message conveyed?<
- V.58 How does H. say the Greeks got the art of writing?
- V.62-65 How did the Athenians get rid of their tyrants?
- V.78 What does H. show as proof that freedom is an excellent thing?
- How is V.105 related to the main story of H.'s history?
- How is Aristagoras related to the main story? How is he connected to the Ionian revolt? see V.
READ THIS brief summary of the Ionian revolt.
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