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Herodotus - The Histories by Herodotus
Category: Classics
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) 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, the ...Show more
Histories by Herodotus
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
Translated with Notes by George Rawlinson. With an Introduction by Tom Griffith. Herodotus (c480-c425) is 'The Father of History' and his Histories are the first piece of Western historical writing. They are also the most entertaining. Why did Pheidippides run the 26 miles and 385 yards (or 42.195 kilom ...Show more
Madness of Cambyses: Little Black Classics: Penguin 80s #78 by Herodotus
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Little Black Classics
'Do you see your son, standing over there, in the antechamber? Well, I am going to shoot him.' The story of the great and mad Cambyses, King of Persia, told by part-historian, part-mythmaker Herodotus of Halicarnassus. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Bla ...Show more
Snakes with Wings and Gold-digging Ants by Herodotus
Category: Travel
So much of what we know of the Ancient World comes from Herodotus (c.490 BC - c.420 BC) that he will always remain the greatest of historians. But, in addition, such a large part of the entertainment value of the Ancient World comes from his enormous, omnivorous, sometimes credulous appetite for stories ...Show more
The Histories by Herodotus
Category: Popular History | Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition Ser.
"Unquestionably the best English translation of Herodotus to have appeared in the past half-century." --The Times Literary Supplement In Tom Holland's vibrant translation, one of the great masterpieces of Western history springs to life. Herodotus of Halicarnassus--hailed by Cicero as the "Father of Hi ...Show more
The Histories by Herodotus
Category: History
One of Western history's greatest books springs to life in Tom Holland's vibrant new translation Herodotus of Halicarnassus--who was hailed by Cicero as "the father of history"--wrote his histories around 440 BC. It is the earliest surviving work of nonfiction and a thrilling narrative account of (amon ...Show more
The Histories by Herodotus; Robin Waterfield (Translated by)
Category: History | Series: Oxford World's Classics
A new translation by Robin Waterfield. With an Introduction and Notes by Carolyn Dewald.Herodotus is not only known as the 'father of history', as Cicero called him, but also the father of ethnography; as well as charting the historical background to the Persian Wars, his curiosity also prompts frequent ...Show more
The Histories by Herodotus
Category: Classic Fiction
'Herodotus, from Halicarnassus, here displays his enquiries, that human achievement may be spared the ravages of time, and that everything great and astounding, and all the glory of those exploits which served to display Greeks and barbarians alike to such effect, be kept alive - and additionally, and m ...Show more
The Histories by Herodotus
Category: History | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
"The Histories" describes how a small band of Greek city states united to repel the might of the Persian empire. But while this epic struggle forms the core of his work, Herodotus' natural curiosity frequently gives rise to colourful digressions: a description of the natural wonders of Egypt; an account ...Show more
The Histories by Herodotus; E. H. B (Editor)
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Everyman's Library Classics
The Histories is a book by a Greek historian Herodotus from Halicarnassus (V century BC), the first fully preserved historical and prosaic work in the European literature. It is the most valuable source of the early history of Greece and the East. Detailed descriptions and accurate observations are put ...Show more
The Histories by Herodotus; Pamela Mensch (Translator); James Romm
Category: Fiction | Series: Hackett Classics Ser.
The Histories is a book by a Greek historian Herodotus from Halicarnassus (V century BC), the first fully preserved historical and prosaic work in the European literature. It is the most valuable source of the early history of Greece and the East. Detailed descriptions and accurate observations are put ...Show more