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Herodotus

Herodotus

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1 About this book

One of the earliest histories of the western world still extant, this gives a contemporary account of the Greco-Persian wars of the fifth century BCE with the rise of the Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great.

Good for readers who want: ancient history, history, science, and a long read.

  • Ancient History
  • History
  • History, Ancient
  • Greece
  • Greece, history
  • Science
  • Sciences naturelles
  • French Philosophy

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3 About Herodotus

484–428

Herodotus (Ancient Greek: Ἡρόδοτος, romanised: Hēródotos; c. 484 – c. 425 BC) was a Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus (now Bodrum, Turkey), under Persian control in the 5th century BC, and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy. He wrote the Histories, a detailed account of the Greco-Persian Wars, among other subjects such as the rise of the Achaemenid dynasty of Cyrus.

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