Histories (Annotated) by Herodotus

252 pages first pub -430 (editions)

nonfiction classics history adventurous informative slow-paced
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Herodotus spent his entire life performing on only one project: an account of the origins and execution of the Greco-Persian Wars (499-479 B.C.) that he called "The Histories." (It is from Herodotus' work that we get the fashionable meaning of the...

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informative 86%
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challenging 47%
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