The Histories Paperback / softback
by Herodotus
Edited by Carolyn (Associate Professor of Classics, Associate Professor of Classics, University of Sou Dewald
Part of the Oxford World's Classics series
Paperback / softback
Description
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 digression on the cultures of the peoples he introduces.
While much of the information he gives has proved to be astonishingly accurate, he also entertains us with delightful tales of one-eyed men and gold-digging ants.
This readable new translation is supplemented with expansive notes that provide readers the background that they need to appreciate the book in depth.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:848 pages, maps
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:17/04/2008
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- ISBN:9780199535668
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Information
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:848 pages, maps
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:17/04/2008
- Category:
- ISBN:9780199535668
