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The Histories
by Herodotus. An expansive inquiry into the Greco-Persian Wars blends history, ethnography, storytelling, and reflection on power.
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- Date
- c. 440 BCE
- Origin
- Ancient Greece
- Era
- Ancient
- Genre
- History
- Canon tier
- Essential core
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Length
- Very long
- Collection
- The Western Canon
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Why it matters
An expansive inquiry into the Greco-Persian Wars blends history, ethnography, storytelling, and reflection on power.
This work is included on the basis of great books / harvard. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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