The History of Herodotus — Volume 1
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If a new translation of Herodotus does not justify itself, it will hardly be justified in a preface; therefore the question whether it was needed may be left here without discussion. The aim of the translator has been above all things faithfulness—faithfulness to the manner of expression and to the structure of sentences, as well as to the meaning of the Author. At the same time it is conceived that the freedom and v…
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- AuthorHerodotus
- SourceProject Gutenberg #2707
- Length161,896 words · 10h 48m of reading
- Chapters11
- DictionaryIncluded
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-28
Contents
11 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01VOLUME I.
- 02PREPARER'S NOTE
- 03PREFACE
- 04NOTES TO PREFACE
- 05BOOK I. THE FIRST BOOK OF THE HISTORIES, CALLED CLIO
- 06NOTES TO BOOK I
- 07BOOK II. THE SECOND BOOK OF THE HISTORIES, CALLED EUTERPE
- 08And thus too Menelaos says to Telemachos: 100
- 09NOTES TO BOOK II
- 10BOOK III. THE THIRD BOOK OF THE HISTORIES, CALLED THALEIA
- 11NOTES TO BOOK III
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