The Histories

Nonfiction, History, Ancient History
Cover of the book The Histories by Herodotus, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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Author: Herodotus ISBN: 9780375712715
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: January 21, 2015
Imprint: Everyman's Library Language: English
Author: Herodotus
ISBN: 9780375712715
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: January 21, 2015
Imprint: Everyman's Library
Language: English

Herodotus is not only the father of the art and the science of historical writing but also one of the Western tradition's most compelling storytellers. In tales such as that of Gyges—who murders Candaules, the king of Lydia, and unsurps his throne and his marriage bed, thereby bringing on, generations later, war with the Persians—he laid bare the intricate human entanglements at the core of great historical events. In his love for the stranger, more marvelous facts of the world, he infused his magnificent history with a continuous awareness of the mythic and the wonderful.

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Herodotus is not only the father of the art and the science of historical writing but also one of the Western tradition's most compelling storytellers. In tales such as that of Gyges—who murders Candaules, the king of Lydia, and unsurps his throne and his marriage bed, thereby bringing on, generations later, war with the Persians—he laid bare the intricate human entanglements at the core of great historical events. In his love for the stranger, more marvelous facts of the world, he infused his magnificent history with a continuous awareness of the mythic and the wonderful.

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