On the War for Greek Freedom
Subtitle: Selections from the Histories
Contributors: Samuel Shirley (Translator); James S. Romm (Editor)
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company
Published: March 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9780872206687
Subjects: History; History: World; Greece; History - General History; To 640; Iran; Ancient - Greece; Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C
First sentence: Herodotus of Halicarnassus here gives the results of his researches, so that the events of human history may not fade with time and the notable achievements both of Greeks and of foreigners may not lack their due fame; and, among other things, to show why these peoples came to make war on one another.