Herodotus

by Jennifer T. Roberts

Hailed by Cicero as "the father of history," Herodotus was both a critical thinker and a lively storyteller, a traveler who was both tourist and anthropologist. Like Homer, he set out to memorialize great deeds in words, in particular, the wars between Greece and Persia. In his hands, the Greeks' unforeseeable defeat of the Persian kings Darius and Xerxes with their vast hosts made for fascinating storytelling. Influenced by the work of the natural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B005LNKIF8
• ISBN13: 9780199575992
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.5" x 7.0"