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Madness of Cambyses: Little Black Classics: Penguin 80s #78 by Herodotus
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Category: Classics | Series: Little Black Classics
'Do you see your son, standing over there, in the antechamber? Well, I am going to shoot him.' The story of the great and mad Cambyses, King of Persia, told by part-historian, part-mythmaker Herodotus of Halicarnassus. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Bla ...Show more
Snakes with Wings and Gold-digging Ants by Herodotus
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Category: Travel
So much of what we know of the Ancient World comes from Herodotus (c.490 BC - c.420 BC) that he will always remain the greatest of historians. But, in addition, such a large part of the entertainment value of the Ancient World comes from his enormous, omnivorous, sometimes credulous appetite for stories ...Show more
The Histories by Herodotus
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Category: Classics
'Herodotus, from Halicarnassus, here displays his enquiries, that human achievement may be spared the ravages of time, and that everything great and astounding, and all the glory of those exploits which served to display Greeks and barbarians alike to such effect, be kept alive - and additionally, and m ...Show more
The Histories by Herodotus
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: good
"The Histories" describes how a small band of Greek city states united to repel the might of the Persian empire. But while this epic struggle forms the core of his work, Herodotus' natural curiosity frequently gives rise to colourful digressions: a description of the natural wonders of Egypt; an account ...Show more
The Histories: A New Translation by Tom Holland by Herodotus
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Category: New Hardbacks
'The two sides rained arrows down upon one another from a distance; then, when all their missiles were spent, they clashed and grappled together in close combat, stabbing with spears, fighting hand to hand with daggers.' The Histories of Herodotus of Halicarnassus is considered the first work of non-fic ...Show more
The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories by Herodotus
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Category: History
In the 5th century BC an adventurous Ionian Greek, Herodotus of Halicarnassus, journeyed extensively through the lands of the eastern Mediterranean, from Egypt to Asia Minor, collecting tales of the upheavals that had afflicted the region in the earlier part of the century. The fruits of his wanderings ...Show more
Xerxes Invades Greece by Herodotus
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Epics Ser.
Second-hand, shorter, paperback in good condition. A king who would be worshipped as a god . . . When Xerxes, King of Persia, crosses the Hellespont at the head of a formidable army, it seems inevitable that Greece will be crushed beneath its might. But the Greeks are far harder to defeat than he cou ...Show more
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