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English Pages xii, 316 Seiten : Diagramme Year 2018
Table of contents :
List of BoxesApproachesA literary historianThe form of the HistoriesHerodotus the ethnographerThe Histories as literatureThemes and patternsCommentaryBook One: Croesus and CyrusBook Two: EgyptBook Three: Cambyses, Samos and DariusBook Four: Darius, Scythia and LibyaBook Five: The Ionian Revolt: Causes and OutbreakBook Six: The Ionian Revolt: Defeat and AftermathBook Seven: The Road to ThermopylaeBook Eight: Showdown at SalamisBook Nine: Persia DefeatedNotesBibliographyIndex of PassagesGeneral Index