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Ohio State University Newark Campus / Central Ohio Technical Coll - WINTER 2011 | ||
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 | Herodotus: The Histories (Penguin Classics) (Updated Edition) by Aubrey De Selincourt (Translator), John M. Marincola (Editor), Betty Radice, De Selinco Herodotus Paperback, 622 Pages, Published 1996 ISBN-10: 0-14-044638-9 / 0140446389 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-044638-8 / 9780140446388 During the fifth century BC, a small and quarrelsome band of Greek city-states united to repel a mighty Persian army. While the story of this heroic drama forms the main theme of Herodotus' narrative, the author's curiosity fleshes out the text with digressions, folk tales and stories. | |