Herodotus: Persian Wars - A Companion to the Penguin Translation of Histories V-IX

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Herodotus: Persian Wars - A Companion to the Penguin Translation of Histories V-IXThis companion, keyed to the Penguin translation of Aubrey de Selincourt, is to those parts of Herodotus' history that tell the story of Marathon, Salamis and the final Persian retreat: books 7 9 with parts of books 5 and 6. The introduction concentrates on the political and literary background to Herodotus' writing, and includes a brief historical account of the whole work. The commentary which forms the bulk of the book explains differences of

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