amadswami 's review for:

The Histories by Herodotus

4.0

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Started off reading this because of my nearly undying adoration for Dan Carlin. Herodotus (if this was indeed one man) was quite something then and thanks to Tom Holland's beautiful prosaic translation is still something today. Although Thermopolese doesn't enter the story line until the book 7, it is fascinating to see the evolution of politics, population and even agriculture.