Herodotus
Born
Halicarnassus, Caria, Asia Minor, Persian Empire
Genre
Influences
The Histories
1049 editions
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The history of Herodotus — Volume 1
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171 editions
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The Persian War
79 editions
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1882
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An Account of Egypt
245 editions
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The Madness of Cambyses
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5 editions
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The history of Herodotus — Volume 2
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Herodotus: The Persian Wars, Books I-II
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Snakes with Wings and Gold-digging Ants
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6 editions
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2007
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Xerxes Invades Greece
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6 editions
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Histoires - Tome I : Livre I : Clio
60 editions
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“Of all men’s miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.”
― The Histories
― The Histories
“He asked, 'Croesus, who told you to attack my land and meet me as an enemy instead of a friend?'
The King replied, 'It was caused by your good fate and my bad fate. It was the fault of the Greek gods, who with their arrogance, encouraged me to march onto your lands. Nobody is mad enough to choose war whilst there is peace. During times of peace, the sons bury their fathers, but in war it is the fathers who send their sons to the grave.”
― The Histories
The King replied, 'It was caused by your good fate and my bad fate. It was the fault of the Greek gods, who with their arrogance, encouraged me to march onto your lands. Nobody is mad enough to choose war whilst there is peace. During times of peace, the sons bury their fathers, but in war it is the fathers who send their sons to the grave.”
― The Histories
“It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half of the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.”
― The Histories
― The Histories
Polls
2016 2nd Quarter Long Read
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900, The Arabian Nights, 1049 pages
1920, Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset, 1168 pages
1989, The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett, 973 pages
1965, The Magus by John Fowles, 656 pages
440 BC, The Histories by Herodotus, 716 pages
1901, The Wings of the Dove by Henry James, 741 pages
1997, Underworld by Don DeLillo, 832 pages
1987, The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher, 656 pages
1863, Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch, 862 pages
1976, Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley, 729 pages
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