num_pages: 622
description:  EnglishOriginal Greek
language: English
title: The Histories
titlecomplete: The Histories
characters: Psamtik I, Kleombrotos, Massagetai, Mardonius, Kandaules, Labda, Candaules of Lydia, Hydarnes II, Mardonlos, Amasis II, Artabazos I of Phrygia, Hermotimos, Thales of Miletus, Leonidas, Artemisia I of Caria, Gyges of Lydia, Tomyris (Massagetean Queen), Gorgos, Apollo (Greek god), Histiaios, Bagaios, Leotychidas, Eurybiades, Pausanias of Sparta, Cambyses I, Croesus, Themistocles, Cyrus the Great, Leutychides, Aphrodite (Greek Goddess), Adrastos, Hekataios, Megabazus, Xerxes I of Persia, Maeandrius, Harpagos, Solon (of Athens), Artyphius, Artaphrenes, Kepheus, Psamtik III, Necos, Ister, Kypselos
genres: Greece, Mythology, Historical, Philosophy, Ancient History, Literature, Classics, Nonfiction, History, Ancient
ratings_count: 50374
places: Sparta, Babylon, Ecbatana, Cappadocia, Sardis (now: Sart), Delphi, Halys River, Egypt, Marathon, Salamis, Corynth, Athens, Cytherea, Lydia, Ascalon (now: Ashkelon)
publisher: Penguin Classics