Histories

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Herodotus (c480-c425) is `The Father of History` and his Histories are the first piece of Western historical writing. They are also the most entertaining. Why did Pheidippides run the 26 miles and 385 yards (or kilometres) from Marathon to Athens? And what did he do when he got there? Was the Battle of Salamis fought between sausage-sellers? Which is the oldest language in the world? Why did Leonidas and his 300 Spartans spend the morning before the battle of Thermopylae combing their hair? Why...

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Издательство: Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2002
ISBN: 1-85326-466-0
Объём: 734 страниц

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