Herodotus: A Very Short Introduction by Jennifer Tolbert Roberts

Herodotus: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions

Jennifer Tolbert Roberts

145 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative medium-paced
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Hailed by Cicero as "the father of history," Herodotus was both a critical thinker and a lively storyteller, a traveler who was both tourist and anthropologist. Like Homer, he set out to memorialize great deeds in words, in particular, the wars be...

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