The histories
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The histories
(Penguin classics)
Penguin Books, c1996
New ed
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [603]-606) and index
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Description
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.
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