Herodotus Histories 1-2t. Warsaw 1959 Czytelnik Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza 399 + 378(1)s. + plates with illustrations and fold-out maps o. cloth designed by Jan S. Miklaszewski pp. bdb For. ca: 21x15 cm "A history of the wars between the Greeks and the Persians written down in the 5th century BC by Herodotus, a Greek historian from Halicarnassus in Asia Minor. Herodotus' work is distinguished by the wealth of ethnographic and geographical information gathered during the author's numerous travels. It also contains the beginnings of historical criticism and the belief that there is a moral order in the world. Herodotus is considered the father of European historiography, and the Acts is considered the first attempt at a journalistic view of the world and people. A classic and a must-read for anyone interested in history." |