The Histories

Nonfiction, History, Ancient History, Greece, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
Cover of the book The Histories by Herodotus, Paul Cartledge, Penguin Publishing Group
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Author: Herodotus, Paul Cartledge ISBN: 9780698151369
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Publication: May 15, 2014
Imprint: Penguin Classics Language: English
Author: Herodotus, Paul Cartledge
ISBN: 9780698151369
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication: May 15, 2014
Imprint: Penguin Classics
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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