Herodotus : The Histories

DURING THE EARLY 5TH CENTURY BC, A SMALL AND QUARRELSOME BAND OF GREEK CITY-STATES UNITED TO REPEL A MIGHTY PERSIAN ARMY. WHILE THE STORY OF THIS HEOIC DRAMA FORMS THE MAIN THEME OF HERODOTUS NARRATIVE THE AUTHOR'S CURIOSITY FLESHES OUT THE TEXT WITH DOZENS OF DIGRESSIONS. ENDLESSLY ENTERTAINING, RECOUNTED SUPERB STORIES AND FOLK TALES ABOUT AMAZING ESCAPES, AMBIGUOUS PROPHECIES, GOLD-DIGGING ANTS AND DOG-EARED MEN.