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Reading Herodotus : A Guided Tour through the Wild Boars, Dancing Suitors, and Crazy Tyrants of The History /
Debra Hamel's book is a lively introduction to The History of the Persian Wars, Herodotus' account of Persia's expansion under four kings - Cyrus, Cambyses, Darius, and Xerxes - and its eventual collision with the city-states of Greece. The History can be a long slog for modern reader...
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Md. :
The Johns Hopkins University Press,
2012.
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| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | Debra Hamel's book is a lively introduction to The History of the Persian Wars, Herodotus' account of Persia's expansion under four kings - Cyrus, Cambyses, Darius, and Xerxes - and its eventual collision with the city-states of Greece. The History can be a long slog for modern readers, but is is full of salacious tales about sex, violent death, divine prophecies, and cannibals. Following the structure o f the original work, Hamle leads the reader through a colorful tour of the the central stories that compose The History. -- cover p. 4. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (360 pages): illustrations, maps ; |
| ISBN: | 9781421407159 |