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Book, 2009
Current format, Book, 2009, 1st Anchor Books ed, Available now.
Book, 2009
Current format, Book, 2009, 1st Anchor Books ed, Available now. Offered in 0 more formats
Cicero called Herodotus "the father of history" and his only work, The Histories, is considered the first true piece of historical writing in Western literature. With lucid prose, Herodotus' account of the rise of the Persian Empire and its drmatic war with the Greek city-states set a tandard for narrative nonfiction that continues to this day.
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