Translated with Notes by George Rawlinson. With an Introduction by
Tom Griffith. Herodotus (c480-c425) 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
language 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 fascinating questions as well as providing many fascinating
insights into the Ancient World.
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