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An edition of History (1494)

The Histories

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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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English
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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 Greeks

People

Darius I King of Persia (548-485 B.C) Herodotus (b. 484 B.C.?) Homer Herodotus Aubrey De Sélincourt (1894-1962)

Places

Greece Sardis (Extinct city) Egypt Macedonia

Times

To 146 B.C. Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C. Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. Ionian Revolt, 499-494 B.C. To 168 B.C. Persian Wars, 500-449

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The Histories
2003, Penguin Books
Paperback in English - Further rev. ed.
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Herodoti Historiae
1987, Teubner
in Ancient Greek
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The history of Herodotus
1976, AMS Press
in English
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The history of Herodotus.
1909, Tandy-Thomas
in English and Ancient Greek - [Olympic ed.]
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Herodotus: 8, 1-90: Artemisium and Salamis. With introd. and notes by E.S. Shuckburgh.
1887, University Press
in English
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Herodoti Historiae.
1869, apud Weidmannos
in Latin and Ancient Greek
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History of Herodotus: a new English version
1862, Murray
in English - new ed.
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The history of Herodotus
1824, Talboys and Wheeler
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Herodotus.
1821, F.C. and J. Rivington
in English - 4th ed.
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The history of Herodotus: translated from the Greek
1737, Printed for D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, J. and J. Pemberton, R. Ware, C. Rivington, J, Batley and J. Wood, F. Clay, A. Ward, J. and P. Knapton, T. Longman, and R. Hett
in English - Third edition.

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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

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OL15678068W

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