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Histories (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) (Paperback)
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Short Description for HistoriesThis work comprises the first western historical writing. It provides a history of the then known world, and provides answers to questions such as: why did Pheidippides run from Marathon to Athens and why did Leonides and the Spartans comb their hair before the battle of Thermopylae.
Full description- Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Published: 01 December 1999
- Format: Paperback 768 pages
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- Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Classics | General & World History | European History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE
- ISBN 13: 9781853264665 ISBN 10: 1853264660
- Sales rank: 46,931
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Full description for Histories
Herodotus (c480-c425) is 'The Father of History' and his Histories are the first piece of Western historical writing. They are also the most entertaining. Why did Pheidippides run the 26 miles and 385 yards (or 42.195 kilometres) from Marathon to Athens? And what did he do when he got there? Was the Battle of Salamis fought between sausage-sellers? Which is the oldest language in the world? Why did Leonidas and his 300 Spartans spend the morning before the battle of Thermopylae combing their hair? Why did every Babylonian woman have to sit in the Temple of Aphrodite until a man threw a coin into her lap, and how long was she likely to sit there? And what is the best way to kill a crocodile? This wide-ranging history provides the answers to all these fascinating questions as well as providing many fascinating insights into the Ancient World.
