Title Herodotus: the Histories / newly translated and with an introduction by Aubrey de Sélincourt

Published Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1954 [Harmondsworth, Middlesex] ; [Baltimore] : Penguin Books, 1965 ©1954

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Description 624 pages : maps ; 18 cm Series Penguin classics ; L34 Penguin classics ; L34 Summary During the fifth century BC, a small and quarrelsome band of Greek city-states united to repel a mighty Persian army. While the story of this heroic drama forms the main theme of Herodotus' narrative, the author's curiosity fleshes out the text with digressions, folk tales and stories Notes Includes index Subject History, Ancient. SUBJECT Greece -- History -- Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057079 Greece -- History -- To 146 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057074 Author De Sélincourt, Aubrey, 1894-1962. LC no. a 55003185 ISBN 0143107542 9780143107545

Other Titles History. English Histories

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