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The world's first great narrative history, Herodotus's The Histories vividly describes how the Greeksfew in number, poor, and disunitedmanaged to repulse a massive invasion by the powerful Persian army in the 5th century b.
This amazing upset victory changed the course of western civilization, as the cities that led the resistance Athens and Spartabecame the two major powers on the Greek mainland.
The remarkable period that followed introduced revolutionary ideas about democracy, education, philosophy, drama, andthanks to Herodotusthe writing of history.
A wonderful storyteller, Herodotus filled the Histories with amusing anecdotes and dialogue, human details about the lives of important political figures, and a kaleidoscope of viewpoints from people of many lands.
Magnificent in compass and enormously entertaining, the Histories is not only the leading source of origin.
