Herodotus And The Philosophy Of Empire

Herodotus and the Philosophy of Empire For Lee teleios philos Acknowledgments The present work stems from the support and inspiration that I received from teachers to whom I owe a special debt of gratitude. My teacher and mentor Mary Nichols has provided me her friendship, patience, and wisdom throughout my studies and career, and without her this book would not have been possible. I also wish to give special thanks to my teachers Michael Davis and Michael Zuckert for all of their effort and assistance, which has made this a deeper and richer study of Herodotus. My gratitude is also owed to my editor at Baylor University Press, Carey Newman. His careful reading of my manuscript and his unstinting support, advice, and guidance allowed me to bring this project to completion. I would also like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their insightful comments on my work. All remaining shortcomings and errors are, of course, my own. I would like to take this opportunity to thank many other people, too numerous to name individually, who have inspired my ideas and encouraged my academic aspirations. In particular, I wish to acknowledge my friends from my graduate program at Fordham University, my former colleagues at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and my present colleagues at Campion College, University of Regina. Above all I would like to thank David Fott for his collegial mentorship and Ted Jelen for believing in me and my work on Herodotus. I also wish to thank Campion College for its generous financial support of my research. I would like to acknowledge my former students at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and my current students at the University of Regina. They have been a joy to teach, and I have gained, ix x Acknowledgments and continue to gain invaluable insights from them in our discussions of Herodotus and classical political philosophy. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank my research assistant, Kristopher Schmaltz, graduate student in the Program for Social and Political Thought at the University of Regina, for his helpful and timely assistance in composing the index for this book. I would also like to acknowledge Diane Smth of Baylor University Press for her help and patience in preparing the manuscript for publication. Finally, I wish to thank my mother, Patricia, my father, Mark, and my brother, Joseph Allen, for their love and support over the years. Growing up in a family that had excitement and interest in astronomy, history, and politics first gave me the idea when young that I would like to write a book. That this book has come to be an exploration of the Histories, I hope, proves worthy of their enthusiasm for all things intellectual. My deepest thanks and gratitude are for my husband and colleague Lee Ward. Like Herodotus, he has brought the world alive to me, and his love has made me know and feel the truth of Aristotle’s teaching that without friends, life would not be worthwhile even if we had all other goods. Regina, August 2007 Ann Ward Chapter 1 Introduction Athenian Democracy and the Problem of Empire In the Histories, Herodotus offers a political