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The History of Herodotus — Volume 1

by Herodotus (-484–-430)

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"The History of Herodotus — Volume 1" by Herodotus is a work written in the 5th century BC. Considered the founding work of history in Western literature, it chronicles the rise of the Persian Empire and the causes of the Greco-Persian Wars. Herodotus frames the conflict as a battle between slavery and freedom, weaving together accounts of rulers, oracles, conquest, and cultural customs. Through travels and interviews across the ancient world, he preserves the remarkable achievements of both Greeks and non-Greeks before time erases them.

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  • History, Ancient
  • Greece · History · To 146 B.C.

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Volume I

{e Herodotou diathesis en apasin epieikes, kai tois men agathois sunedomene, tois de kakois sunalgousa}.—Dion. Halic.

{monos 'Erodotos 'Omerikhotatos egeneto}.—Longinus.

PREPARER'S NOTE

This text was prepared from an edition dated 1890, published by
MacMillan and Co., London and New York.

Greek text has been transliterated and marked with brackets, as in
the opening citation above.

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Contents

  1. Volume I
  2. Preface
  3. Book I: The First Book of the Histories, Called Clio
  4. Book II: The Second Book of the Histories, Called Euterpe
  5. Book III: The Third Book of the Histories, Called Thaleia
  6. Book IV: The Fourth Book of the Histories, Called Melpomene

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This free edition of The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #2707, released 2001-07-01. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: History - Ancient.

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