Herodotus the great Greek historian was born about 484 BCE, at Halicarnassus in Caria, Asia Minor, when it was subject to the Persians. He travelled widely in most of Asia Minor, Egypt (as far as Assuan), North Africa, Syria, the country north of the Black Sea, and many parts of the Aegean Sea and the mainland of Greece. He lived, it seems, for some time in Athens, and in 443 went with other colonists to the new city Thurii (in South Italy), where he died about 430. He was 'the prose correlative of the bard, a narrator of the deeds of real men, and a describer of foreign places' (Murray). ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Loeb Classical Library
Date Published: 1921
ISBN-13:9780674991316ISBN:0674991311
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr
Date Published: 1921
ISBN-13:9780674991316ISBN:0674991311
Description: New. Herodotus the great Greek historian was born about 484 BC, at Halicarnassus in Caria, Asia Minor, when it was subject to the Persians. He travelled widely in most of Asia Minor, Egypt (as far as Assuan), North Africa, Syria, the country north of the... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780674991316ISBN:0674991311
Description: Very Good. In a Very Good Dust Jacket. Text fine, no markings. Greek on one page, English translation on opposite. Books 3-4 of The Persian Wars. Scuffing to front of dust jacket. read more
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