In this, the first prose history in European civilization, Herodotus tells the heroic tale of the Greeks' resistance to the vast invading force assembled by Xerxes, King of Persia. Here are not only the great battles - Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis - but also penetrating human insight and a powerful sense of epic destiny at work. Translated by George Rawlinson.
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"I have read this book over and over again for going on six years now, and I'm still finding interesting little snippets of information. Best of all it still makes me laugh!Herodotus certainly tells a good, if a times perhaps a little tall, tale. " — Ems (4 out of 5 stars)
"I have read this book over and over again for going on six years now, and I'm still finding interesting little snippets of information. Best of all it still makes me laugh!Herodotus certainly tells a good, if a times perhaps a little tall, tale. "
" History written from a very different cultural perspective. "
" Amazing insight into the Persian War and just general life and beliefs in Ancient Greece. "
" Herodotus is wonderful. David Greene, not so much. His translation is conventional, unimaginative, clunky, hard to follow, and snooty. "
" Not as eloquent as the original Greek but what can you do? "
" Essential reading for anyone interested in Greek history. Herodotus is perhaps the world's first historian. "
Herodotus (c. 484–425 BC) was a Greek historian. Known as the “father of history,” he was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent, and arrange them in a well-constructed and vivid narrative. The Histories, his masterpiece and the only work he is known to have produced, is a record of his investigation of the origins of the Greco-Persian Wars, which includes a wealth of geographical and ethnographical information.
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