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bozonbozonski's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
tanyaaugust's review against another edition
5.0
This book is going to take me forever to read...but I love it. It's absolutely captivating. Definitely a read-in-progress.
scipio_africanus's review against another edition
5.0
Great and entertaining history. Recommend. Especially first two books and last three.
"Soft lands breed soft men... [better] to be rulers on a barren mountain side than dwelling in tilled valleys to be slaves to others."
Herodotus
"Soft lands breed soft men... [better] to be rulers on a barren mountain side than dwelling in tilled valleys to be slaves to others."
Herodotus
binstonbirchill's review against another edition
5.0
In this book the "Father of History" tells the story of the Greco-Persian Wars, from Cyrus to Darius to Xerxes while also giving the reader a view of the world as Herodotus knew it, which at times can be quite disturbing or hilarious depending on your point of view. As you move through the book you get used to the name dropping, if you want to know exactly what's going on at all times be sure to keep a map of the ancient world at hand!
hullabaloo87's review against another edition
4.0
Go tell the Spartans, thou who passest by,
That here, obedient to their laws, we lie.
That here, obedient to their laws, we lie.
jritter4's review against another edition
3.0
Herodotus is an entertaining storyteller but let's be real a lot of it is inaccurate and racist.