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The Histories by Aubrey de Sélincourt, John M. Marincola, Herodotus

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duffypratt's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

Way more enjoyable than I thought it was going to be, and much more readable. I don't know that there is much more I can say about it. The ancients strike me as an odd mixture of incredibly human and totally alien.

Reading has tempted me to pick up a more modern account of the period, perhaps Kagan's book on this war. But then, the thing I liked best in this book were the shorter asides that added flavor to the broader history, and my guess is that would be missing from a modern account. Maybe I'm wrong.

tomd21's review against another edition

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informative slow-paced

3.0

katehoffland's review against another edition

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5.0

This book should be renamed “fun facts

xxstefaniereadsxx's review against another edition

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informative slow-paced

1.0

This was required reading for my Ancient Greece and Rome class, which is the only reason I endured reading it. I did not enjoy it at all, which is a shame, because I was really interested in it. I did enjoy the part about the battle of Thermopylae, which is what my paper was about. The issue with Herodotus is that his histories have been refuted, so one must read this with a grain of salt.