The Second Persian War (1879) - Herodotus
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The Second Persian War is a historical account written by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus. The book describes the conflict between the Persian Empire and the Greek city-states in the early 5th century BCE. The war began when the Persian king, Xerxes I, launched a massive invasion of Greece in 480 BCE. The book details the battles of Thermopylae, Salamis, and Plataea, as well as the political and cultural factors that led to the war. Herodotus provides a comprehensive overview of the Persian Empire, its military tactics, and its political structure. He also describes the Greek city-states…mehr

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The Second Persian War is a historical account written by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus. The book describes the conflict between the Persian Empire and the Greek city-states in the early 5th century BCE. The war began when the Persian king, Xerxes I, launched a massive invasion of Greece in 480 BCE. The book details the battles of Thermopylae, Salamis, and Plataea, as well as the political and cultural factors that led to the war. Herodotus provides a comprehensive overview of the Persian Empire, its military tactics, and its political structure. He also describes the Greek city-states and their alliances, as well as the leadership of figures such as Themistocles and Leonidas. The Second Persian War is considered a seminal work in the field of ancient history, and it continues to be studied and analyzed by scholars today.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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Herodotus was a Greek historian and geographer who was born in the city of Halicarnassus, which was part of the Persian Empire and is now Bodrum, Turkey. He later moved to Thurii, which is now in the Italian region of Calabria (Italy). The Histories, a detailed account of the Greco-Persian Wars, was written by him. Herodotus has been criticized because his work has "legends and made-up stories." Thucydides, a historian who lived at the same time, said that he made up stories for fun. But Herodotus said that he only wrote about what he could see and hear. Herodotus would have told people about his research by reading it out loud in front of a crowd. In the introduction to the Penguin edition of the Histories, John Marincola says that there are parts of Herodotus's early books that could be called "performance pieces." Thucydides and Herodotus became friends over time, and they became close enough that they were both buried in Thucydides' tomb in Athens.