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The Histories

Introduction by Rosalind Thomas

Introduction by Rosalind Thomas

By Herodotus
Introduction by Rosalind Thomas
Translated by George Rawlinson

By Herodotus
Introduction by Rosalind Thomas
Translated by George Rawlinson

By Herodotus
Introduction by Rosalind Thomas
Translated by George Rawlinson

By Herodotus
Introduction by Rosalind Thomas
Translated by George Rawlinson

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Mar 25, 1997 | ISBN 9780375400612

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    About The Histories

    Herodotus is not only the father of the art and the science of historical writing but also one of the Western tradition’s most compelling storytellers. In tales such as that of Gyges—who murders Candaules, the king of Lydia, and unsurps his throne and his marriage bed, thereby bringing on, generations later, war with the Persians—he laid bare the intricate human entanglements at the core of great historical events. In his love for the stranger, more marvelous facts of the world, he infused his magnificent history with a continuous awareness of the mythic and the wonderful.

    About The Histories

    Herodotus is not only the father of the art and the science of historical writing but also one of the Western tradition’s most compelling storytellers. In tales such as that of Gyges—who murders Candaules, the king of Lydia, and unsurps his throne and his marriage bed, thereby bringing on, generations later, war with the Persians—he laid bare the intricate human entanglements at the core of great historical events. In his love for the stranger, more marvelous facts of the world, he infused his magnificent history with a continuous awareness of the mythic and the wonderful.

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    About Herodotus

    Herodotus was a Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus, in Asia Minor, in the fifth century B.C. Called the Father of History, he wrote the first comprehensive attempt at secular narrative history, long considered the starting point of Western… More about Herodotus

    About Herodotus

    Herodotus was a Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus, in Asia Minor, in the fifth century B.C. Called the Father of History, he wrote the first comprehensive attempt at secular narrative history, long considered the starting point of Western… More about Herodotus

    Product Details

    Category: Ancient World History | Nonfiction Classics

    Hardcover | $30.00
    Published by Everyman’s Library
    Mar 25, 1997 | 816 Pages | 5 x 8 | ISBN 9780375400612

    Category: Ancient World History | Nonfiction Classics

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Everyman’s Library
    Jan 21, 2015 | 816 Pages | ISBN 9780375712715
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