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Histories

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Histories
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Herodotus
Translated by George Rawlinson
Notes by George Rawlinson
Introduction by Tom Griffith
Series edited by Tom Griffith
SeriesWordsworth Classics of World Literature
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:768
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreWorld history
World history - BCE to c 500 CE
World history - c 500 to C 1500
World history - c 1500 to c 1750
World history - c 1750 to c 1900
World history - from c 1900 to now
ISBN/Barcode 9781853264665
ClassificationsDewey:938.03
Audience
General
Edition New edition

Publishing Details

Publisher Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Imprint Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Publication Date 6 May 1996
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Herodotus (c480-c425BC) is "The Father of History" and his "Histories" are the first piece of Western historical writing. They are also the most entertaining. Why did Pheidippides run the 26 miles and 385 yards (or 42.195 kilometres) from Marathon to Athens? And what did he do when he got there? Was the Battle of Salamis fought between sausage-sellers? Which is the oldest langauge in the world? Why did Leonidas and his 300 Spartans spend the morning before the battle of Thermopylae combing their hair? Why did every Babylonian woman have to sit in the Temple of Aphrodite until a man threw a coin into her lap, and how long was she likely to sit there? And what is the best way to kill a crocodile? This wide-ranging history provides the answers to all these questions as well as providing many fascinating insights into the Ancient World.