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课程名称：赫罗多德与希波战争：第一次入侵 概述：赫罗多德被西塞罗称为“历史之父”，他确实是欧洲历史书写传统的开创者。在他的《历史》章节中，他叙述了人类历史上的一项划时代事件——希波战争的开端。当时，希腊文明尚处于由众多城市国家组成的小半岛上，奠定了西方文明在哲学、艺术、科学和政治领域的基础。与之相对的是，波斯帝国的强大力量自埃及至印度，对希腊发起侵略。在这样的背景下，赫罗多德作为我们的向导，讲述了这两大文明的冲突。 我们将深入探讨斯多亚、居鲁士大帝、大流士和米尔提亚得斯等伟人，以及波斯帝国的崛起、雅典民主制度的形成以及马拉松等史诗般的战役。同时，我们还将探索这些历史事件所提供的关于治国理政、战略以及傲慢的危险等持久教训。 英国维多利亚时代哲学家约翰·斯图亚特·密尔说过：“希腊历史的兴趣是无穷无尽的，其他任何真实历史都难以与之竞争。它的人物、情境以及事件的发展都是史诗般的。这是一个英勇的诗篇，其中的角色是民族。在我们所知的许多历史中，它也是对我们今人后果影响最大的。真正的欧洲民族祖先（有人这样说）不是血缘上的祖先，而是那些给予我们最丰富遗产的人。马拉松之战对英格兰历史的意义，甚至超越了哈斯廷斯之战。如果那一天的结果不同，英伦和撒克逊人可能仍会徘徊在森林中。” 该课程将围绕这些主题展开，帮助学员理解古代历史如何塑造了现代世界。
Herodotus was called by Cicero "the father of history" and it is indeed with him that the European tradition of historiography begins. In these chapters of his Histories, he narrates one of the epochal events of human history - the beginning of the Greco-Persian wars. The Greek civilization that laid the foundations of Western civilization in philosophy, art, science, and politics, was then a collection of fractious city-states on a small peninsula. Against it descended the might of the Persian Empire which extended from Egypt to India under the rule of King of Kings. Was ever more at stake? In these lectures, we follow Herodotus as our guide looking at these two great civilizations whose destiny was to clash. We will examine the grand personages like Solon, Cyrus the Great, Darius, and Miltiades, and great events like the emergence of the Persian Empire, the rise of democracy in Athens, and epic battles like Marathon. We will explore also the enduring lessons that are provided by these great events about statesmanship, strategy, and the dangers of hubris. The British Victorian philosopher John Stuart Mill said "•"The interest of Grecian history is unexhausted and inexhaustible. As a mere story, hardly any other portion of authentic history can compete with it. Its characters, its situations, the very march of its incidents, are epic. It is an heroic poem, of which the personages are peoples. It is also, of all histories of which we know so much, the most abounding in consequences to us who now live. The true ancestors of the European nations (it has been well said) are not those from whose blood they are sprung, but those from whom they derive the richest portion of their inheritance. The battle of Marathon, even as an event in English history, is more important than the battle of Hastings. If the issue of that day had been different, the Britons and the Saxons might still have been wandering in the woods."."
