CAMS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Pactolus, Ctesias, Nectanebo Ii
11 Oct 2016
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Histories by herodotus summary and commentary we used in discussion. The histories open with a prologue in which the author announces that he will describe the con ict between the greek and the non-greek peoples (= persians) and will explain how they came into con ict. The man who was responsible for this, was, according to herodotus, king. Croesus of lydia, a country in the west of modern turkey. Rst to subject the ionian greeks (living in asia). After several short stories about croesus" ancestors gyges, ardys, sadyattes and alyattes, and croesus" court and the relations between the lydians and ionians (a. o. the story of arion), herodotus returns to his main theme: the con ict with persia. Croesus is worried about the increasing power of his neighbors, and decides to attack them. First, he sends many very impressive presents to the oracle of delphi; the god apollo suggests him to ally himself with the most powerful.
