The History of Herodotus

The History of Herodotus is a vast, curious account of peoples, customs, rulers, wars, stories, and causes. Herodotus is best known for narrating the conflicts between Greece and Persia, but his work ranges far beyond battle, collecting explanations, marvels, speeches, travel reports, genealogies, and moral lessons. History here is inquiry, memory, and storytelling woven together.

Its pleasure lies in the breadth of attention. The History of Herodotus lets readers encounter ancient Egypt, Persia, Lydia, Scythia, and Greece through a voice eager to preserve what has been heard and seen. Anyone interested in ancient history, ethnography, myth, empire, and the origins of historical writing will find a work both strange and foundational in scope and method.