Introduction; 1. Medes and Persians; 2. Greeks and Persians; 3. Xerxes in Herodotus; 4. Achaemenid campaigns; 5. Battle of Book 8; 6. Structure and narrative modes; 7. The language of Herodotus; 8. Life of Herodotus; 9. The text; Commentary.
An edition for students of this important book whose centre-piece is the Battle of Salamis.
'... wide-ranging lucid introduction ...' Times Literary Supplement
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