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Author:
Herodotus
Edition:
Aubrey de Selincourt, Penguin Classics; Reissue edition (April 29, 2003)
Summary:
The Histories of Herodotus is considered the founding work of history in Western literature. Written in 440 BC in the Ionic dialect of classical Greek, The Histories serves as a record of ancient traditions, politics, geography, and war. It established the genre and study of history in the Western world. It is divided into nine books named after the nine Muses.
The Histories stands as one of the first accounts of the rise of the Persian Empire, as well as the events and causes of the Greco-Persian Wars between the Achaemenid Empire and the Greek city-states in the 5th century BC. Herodotus portrays the conflict as one between the forces of slavery (the Persians) on the one hand, and freedom (the Athenians and the confederacy of Greek city-states which united against the invaders) on the other.
-Histories (Herodotus). In Wikipedia. Retrieved April 3, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histories_(Herodotus)
What are the key instructional portions of this text?
History
Honor
Courage
Fate
God
Prophecy
War & Peace
What should other teachers know about inappropriate content in this text?
Grammar
Logic
Rhetoric
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