# The Histories

by [Herodotus](https://localbooks.app/authors/herodotus)

- Genres: [古代史](https://localbooks.app/genres/history/ancient-history), [戦史・軍事史](https://localbooks.app/genres/history/military-history)
- Set in: [アテネ, アッティカ, ギリシャ](https://localbooks.app/places/gr/attica/athens); [ボドルム, ムーラ県, トルコ](https://localbooks.app/places/tr/mugla/bodrum); [Babylon, ヒッラ, バービル, イラク](https://localbooks.app/places/iq/babil/al-hillah/babylon)
- Audience: Adult

## Description

Herodotus of Halicarnassus sets out to explain how the Greeks and Persians came to war, and on the way tours Egypt's pyramids, Babylon's walls and the customs of Scythian nomads. The story builds to Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis, told with an ear for gossip, oracles and the odd tall tale.

## Where to buy

- [Standard Ebooks (ebook)](https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/herodotus/histories/g-c-macaulay)

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