The Histories of Herodotus by Herodotus

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provaprova's review against another edition

5.0
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sabregirl's review against another edition

3.0
This book was SO painful to read. I can only imagine how boring it would sound in Latin or Greek. Luckily I didn't have to read all 500 pages of the book, only around 200 for my class but it was a really slow read and only one part out of the ten or so we read was actually interesting. He even made the battle that the movie 300 is based off of boring as hell.

athenany's review against another edition

5.0
I read this with my daughter for her course on Ancient Greek History. I expected it to be dry but it was actually very witty and sometimes hilarious.

froggylife01's review against another edition

4.0
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funny reflective slow-paced
All I have to say is that Herodotus may be the biggest and most dedicated gossip in history.
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cinhein's review against another edition

4.75
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eb00kie's review against another edition

3.0
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elia_stucki's review against another edition

4.0
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geoffsegal67's review against another edition

5.0
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bozonbozonski's review against another edition

5.0
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