Histories

By:

Herodotus

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Classics of World Literature

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Herodotus (c480-c425BC) 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 kilometres) from Marathon to Athens? And what did he do when he got there? Was the Battle of Salamis fought between sausage-sellers? Which is the oldest langauge in the world? Why did Leonidas and his 300 Spartans spend the morning before the battle of Thermopylae combing their hair? Why did every Babylonian woman have to sit in the Temple of Aphrodite until a man threw a coin into her lap, and how long was she likely to sit there? And what is the best way to kill a crocodile? This wide-ranging history provides the answers to all these questions as well as providing many fascinating insights into the Ancient World.

Release date Australia

October 5th, 1996

Author

Herodotus

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Contributors

Introduction by Tom Griffith
Notes by George Rawlinson
Series edited by Tom Griffith
Translated by George Rawlinson

Edition

New edition

Pages

768

Series

Classics of World Literature

Dimensions

129x198x38

ISBN-13

9781853264665

Product ID

1941102

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