Beschreibung
Herodotus is not only the father of the art and the science of historical writing but also one of the Western tradition's most compelling storytellers. In tales such as that of Gyges—who murders Candaules, the king of Lydia, and unsurps his throne and his marriage bed, thereby bringing on, generations later, war with the Persians—he laid bare the intricate human entanglements at the core of great historical events. In his love for the stranger, more marvelous facts of the world, he infused his magnificent history with a continuous awareness of the mythic and the wonderful.
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Buchdetails
Format
Kindle
Seiten
747 Seiten
Sprache
Englisch
Veröffentlicht
Mai 15, 2014
Verlag
Penguin Classics
Ausgaben
842 Ausgaben
ISBN-10
0698151364
ISBN-13
9780698151369