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The Way of Herodotus : travels with the man who invented history /
During the classical age of Greece, Herodotus wrote the first great prose epic and became known through the ages as "the father of history." But he was much more than that. He was also the world's first travel writer, a pioneering geographer, anthropologist, explorer, moralist, invest...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Cambridge, MA] :
Da Capo Press,
2010.
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| Edición: | 1st Da Capo Press pbk. ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | During the classical age of Greece, Herodotus wrote the first great prose epic and became known through the ages as "the father of history." But he was much more than that. He was also the world's first travel writer, a pioneering geographer, anthropologist, explorer, moralist, investigative reporter, foreign correspondent, and enlightened multiculturalist. He was at once a learned professor and a tabloid journalist, a man of great wit and wisdom with an unfailing eye for fabulous material to inform and amuse, to titillate, horrify, and entertain. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 348 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-333) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780786727278 0786727276 9780306818578 0306818574 |