This work comprises the first western historical writing. It provides a history of the then known world, and provides answers to questions such as: why did Pheidippides run from Marathon to Athens and why did Leonides and the Spartans comb their hair before the battle of Thermopylae.
Histories
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Herodotus ( c480-c425 BC) ‘The father of history’ and his Histories are the first piece of Western historical writing. They are also the most entertainig. Why did Pheidippides run the 26 miles and 385 yards (or 42.195 kilometres) from Marathon to Athens?
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| Shtëpia Botuese | Wordsworth classics |
|---|---|
| Numri i faqeve | 734 |
| Autori | Herodotus |
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