The histories
By: Herodotus ; translated by Robin Waterfield ; with an introduction and notes by Carolyn Dewald.
Contributors: Waterfield, Robin, 1952-; Dewald, Carolyn.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 772
Subjects: History, Ancient; Greece -- History -- To 146 B.C
Description: Herotodus recounts the incidents preceding and following the Persian Wars. He gives us much more than military history, though, providing the fullest portrait of the classical world of the 5th and 6th centuries. This readable new translation is supplemented with expansive notes to help the reader appreciate the book in depth.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [594]-735) and index.