The history of Herodotus

translated from the Greek

by

English language

Published April 9, 1737 by Printed for D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, J. and J. Pemberton, R. Ware, C. Rivington, J, Batley and J. Wood, F. Clay, A. Ward, J. and P. Knapton, T. Longman, and R. Hett.

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One of the earliest histories of the western world still extant, this gives a contemporary account of the Greco-Persian wars of the fifth century BCE with the rise of the Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great.

28 editions

Subjects

  • History, Ancient.
  • Greece -- History.