Herodotus' Histories: Euterpe: Herodotus' Firsthand Account of the Ancient African Civilization of Kemet (Egypt)

By Herodotus and G C (George Campbell) Macaulay

Book Overview

Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian who lived in the fifth century BC (c.484 - 425 BC). He has been called the "Father of History", and was the first historian known to collect his materials... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1532909241
• ISBN13: 9781532909245
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Let’s look at Egypt as Herodotus sees it.

The introduction to this book is well designed to explain what you are about to read. It gets you geared up to hear some marvelous insights about Egypt c.484 BCE - c.425 BCE. However, the book starts as a travelogue, and unless you want a good travelogue, you start to wonder if this book is all it is touted to be. Hang in there because every word is preparing you for the rest of the book. We get descriptions of where people came from. There are magic rituals, and out of nowhere, we learn that Greek gods and Egyptian gods are the same gods, only the names have changed, “to protect the innocent”. They sort the gods out from the eight original and 12 new ones, then there are the offspring. I will not go through every eye-opener, as that is why you are reading the book, well described by Herodotus.