The History of Herodotus, Volume 2
Herodotus · English
This second volume of G. C. Macaulay's 1890 translation of the Histories of Herodotus contains Books Five to Nine, the account of the Persian Wars…
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This second volume of G. C. Macaulay's 1890 translation of the Histories of Herodotus contains Books Five to Nine, the account of the Persian Wars themselves. Book Five tells of the Ionian Revolt against Persia and the part Athens played in it, and Book Six follows Darius's response and the Athenian victory at Marathon. Books Seven to Nine narrate Xerxes' great invasion of Greece: the stand at Thermopylae, the sea battles of Artemisium and Salamis, and the final Greek victories at Plataea and Mycale. Herodotus wrote in the fifth century BC, and Cicero called him the father of history.
The History of Herodotus, Volume 2
Herodotus · English
This second volume of G. C. Macaulay's 1890 translation of the Histories of Herodotus contains Books Five to Nine, the account of the Persian Wars…
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1. In the meantime those of the Persians who had been left behind in Europe by Dareios, of whom Megabazos was the commander, had subdued the people of Perinthos first of the Hellespontians, since they refused to be subject to Dareios. These had in former times also been hardly dealt with by the Paionians: for the Paionians from the Strymon had been commanded by an oracle of their god to march against the Perinthians; and if the Perinthians, when encamped opposite to them, should shout aloud and
Pagera Editor's Note
This second volume of G. C. Macaulay's 1890 translation of the Histories of Herodotus contains Books Five to Nine, the account of the Persian Wars themselves. Book Five tells of the Ionian Revolt against Persia and the part Athens played in it, and Book Six follows Darius's response and the Athenian victory at Marathon. Books Seven to Nine narrate Xerxes' great invasion of Greece: the stand at Thermopylae, the sea battles of Artemisium and Salamis, and the final Greek victories at Plataea and Mycale. Herodotus wrote in the fifth century BC, and Cicero called him the father of history.
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