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Carolyn dewald is associate professor of classics at the university of southern california. A major new translation of the classic work of ancient history. This module explores the work of the fifthcentury bc greek historian herodotus, the first person to write history in the european tradition. The sparse information about herodotus s life has come to us through scattered references in ancient works, as well as his entry in the byzantine encyclopedia known as the suda. Anthony bales new translation emphasizes the book s readability, and his introduction and notes bring us closer to mandevilles medieval worldview. The poetic edda oxford world s classics eugene onegin. Buy books from oxford world classics online at booktopia, australias local bookstore. The histories oxford world s classics herodotus on. See all supported devices similar books to the histories oxford worlds classics. Arnold asks what good culture can do and how it can best be disseminated. Republic translation, introduction, notes, oxford university press, 1993 worlds classics, 1994. Oxford world s classics is an imprint of oxford university press. The history of herodotus by herodotus, part of the internet classics archive.
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