The Histories  -  Herodotus

Newly Translated and with an Introduction by Audrey de Sélincourt

KORTE INHOUD

Few facts are known about the life of Herodotus. He was born around 490 BC in Halicarnassus, on the south-west coast of Asia Minor. He seems to have travelled widely throughout the Mediterranean world, including Egypt, Africa, the area around the Black Sea and throughout many Greek city-states, of both the mainland and the islands. A sojourn in Athens is part of the traditional biography, and there he is said to have given public readings of his work and been friends with the playwright Sophocles. He is sai...
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1972 Uitgever: London Books 653 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0140440348 ISBN-13: 9780140440348