The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories by Andrea L. Purvis, Rosalind Thomas, Robert B. Strassler

1024 pages first pub -430 (editions)

nonfiction classics history adventurous informative slow-paced
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From the editor of the widely praised The Landmark Thucydides, a new Landmark Edition of The Histories by Herodotus.Cicero called Herodotus "the father of history," and his only work, The Histories, is considered the first true piece of historical...

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