An edition ofHistory (1494)
The Histories
Further rev. ed.
byHerodotus
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An edition ofHistory (1494)
The Histories
Further rev. ed.
byHerodotus
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- 29Currently reading
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The Histories
One of the earliest histories of the western world still extant, this gives a contemporary account of the Greco-Persian wars of the fifth century BCE with the rise of the Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great.
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Ancient History,History,Early works to 1800,Plataea, Battle of, Plataiai, Greece, 479 B.C.,Salamis, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C.,Libyans,Scythians,Marathon, Battle of, Greece, 490 B.C.,Historiography,Macedonians (Ancient),Historiae,Origin,Translations into English,Thermopylae, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C.,Ancient Geography,Literature,Collections,Indexes,open_syllabus_project,Long Now Manual for Civilization,History, Ancient.,Greek language materials,Greece -- History.,History, Ancient,Herodotus,Greece, history, persian wars, 500-449 b.c.,Greece, history, to 146 b.c.,Historians, greece,Greece, history,HISTORY / Ancient / General,Science,Methodology,Induction (Logic),Utopias,Logic,Induction (Logique),Sciences,Philosophie,Sciences naturelles,Ouvrages prélinnéens,CIENCIA,METODOLOGIA,FILOSOFIA DE LA CIENCIA,Montaigne, Michel de,,Essays,Skepticism,French Philosophy,French essays,Modern Literature,French literature,Psychology,Psychologie,Filosofia Contemporanea,Historia antiga,Grecia (literatura),Római történelem,Histoire,Historiadores,Obras Gerais,World history,Histoire ancienne,Historiographie ancienne,Fiction,Social life and customs,Fathers and sons,Brothers,Platonists,Ancient Philosophy,Economics,Classical school of economics,Greek Epic poetry,Poetry,Trojan War,Evidences, authority,Bible,D58 .h3313 1998,930,Greek world--history,History, ancient--greece,D58 .h4713 2007,D58 h559l 2007,Salamis, battle of, greece, 480 b.c,Salamis, battle of, greece, 480 b.c--early works to 1800,Pa4002 .a38 2007,938/.03,18.43,Greek World,GreeksShowing 10 featured editions.View all 282 editions?
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Book Details
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Published in
- London, New York
- Series
- Penguin classics
Classifications
- Dewey Decimal Class
- 930
- Library of Congress
- D58 .H4713 1996b,D58.H4713 2003,D58 .H4713 2003
Contributors
- Translator
- Aubrey de Selincourt
- Introduction
- John Marincola
The Physical Object
- Format
- Paperback
- Pagination
- xlv, 716 p. :
- Number of pages
- 716
Edition Identifiers
- Open Library
- OL3702659M
- ISBN 10
- 0140449086
- LCCN
- 2003269517
- OCLC/WorldCat
- 50937823
- LibraryThing
- 1020
- Wikidata
- Q125023727
- Goodreads
- 1362
Work Identifiers
- Work ID
- OL15678068W
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