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The Histories
Paperback
Ancient EgyptAncient GreeceIran History
ISBN13: 9781789430547
Publisher: Benediction Classics
Published: Oct 29 2019
Pages: 490
Weight: 1.64
Height: 1.09 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
The Histories, written in the fifth century BC, is a engaging mix of precise historical and cultural information, humour, myths and legends. It is the first masterpiece of non-fiction, and establishes Herodutus as the first historian and the first ethnographer.
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