The Histories

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Author

Herodotus

Contributions

De Sélincourt, Aubrey, 1894-1962. - Contributor
Marincola, John. - Contributor
Aubrey de Selincourt - Translator
John Marincola - Introduction

Publication

2003 - Penguin Books, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

179,000 words, Guess

Page Count

716 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

Internet Archivehistories00hero
ISBN-139780140449082
ISBN-100140449086
Goodreads1362
LibraryThing1020

and 4 more

Library of Congress Control Number2003269517
OCLC Control Number50937823
Better World Books9780140449082
Open LibraryOL3702659M

Classifications

DDC930
LCCD58 .H4713 1996b
LCCD58.H4713 2003

and 1 more

LCCD58 .H4713 2003

Description

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.