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This e-book is optimized for e-book readers and with an active table of content. It contains the volume 1 and 2 of “The History of Herodotus” written by Herodotus, translated by G. C. Macaulay with notes.
The Histories (also known as The History) of Herodotus is considered the founding work of history in Western literature. Written from the 450s to the 420s BC in the Ionic dialect of classical Greek, The Histories serves as a record of the ancient traditions, politics, geography, and clashes of various cultures that were known around the Mediterranean and Western Asia at that time. It is not an impartial record but it remains one of the West's most important sources regarding these affairs. Moreover, it established without precedent the genre and study of history in the Western world, although historical records and chronicles existed beforehand.
The Histories was at some point through the ages divided into the nine books of modern editions, named after the nine Muses: the "Muse of History", Clio, representing the first book, then Euterpe, Thaleia, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Erato, Polymnia, Ourania and Calliope for books 2 to 9, respectively.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABOUT “The History of Herodotus”
Storyline of “The History of Herodotus”
PREPARER'S NOTE
PREFACE
NOTES TO PREFACE
THE HISTORY OF HERODOTUS - VOLUME I
BOOK I - THE FIRST BOOK OF THE HISTORIES, CALLED CLIO
NOTES TO BOOK I
BOOK II - THE SECOND BOOK OF THE HISTORIES, CALLED EUTERPE
NOTES TO BOOK II
BOOK III - THE THIRD BOOK OF THE HISTORIES, CALLED THALEIA
NOTES TO BOOK III
BOOK IV - THE FOURTH BOOK OF THE HISTORIES, CALLED MELPOMENE
NOTES TO BOOK IV
THE HISTORY OF HERODOTUS - VOLUME II
BOOK V - THE FIFTH BOOK OF THE HISTORIES, CALLED TERPSICHORE
NOTES TO BOOK V
BOOK VI - THE SIXTH BOOK OF THE HISTORIES, CALLED ERATO
NOTES TO BOOK VI
BOOK VII - THE SEVENTH BOOK OF THE HISTORIES, CALLED POLYMNIA
NOTES TO BOOK VII
BOOK VIII - THE EIGHTH BOOK OF THE HISTORIES, CALLED URANIA
NOTES TO BOOK VIII
BOOK IX - THE NINTH BOOK OF THE HISTORIES, CALLED CALLIOPE
NOTES TO BOOK IX
