Croesus is a powerful king who has made the Greeks who live in Ionia his subjects. He is visited by Solon, an Athenian, who cautions him against ambition.
Cyrus besieges Babylon, then takes the city by draining off the Euphrates and leading his men through the shallow river bed to within the walls.
Book 1. Herodotus introduces his project, which is to record the deeds of Greeks and others, and to understand how the Greek and Persian conflict began. He ...
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In Book 1, Herodotus announces his purpose to memorialize the great and marvelous deeds of the Greeks and their barbarian neighbors, and, more particularly, to ...
Nov 7, 2022 · Book 1. Lydia, Medes, Persia, Cyrus. Mythical Origins of Conflict between Greeks and Asiatic peoples * Phoenicians abduct Io (Isis) daughter ...
Book I (Clio) · A description the geographic location of several Anatolian tribes, including the Cappadocians, Matieni, Phrygians, and Paphlagonians. · The Battle ...
Apr 16, 2020 · Having arrived in the Persian empire, Croesus fights an inconclusive battle. He decides to attack again in the following year, but the Persian ...
Herodotus begins by tracing the antagonism between Europe and Asia back to a series of abductions of women, involving Io of Argos, Medea of Colchis, and Helen ...
Apr 23, 2018 · This is the first history book in Western history. Book One Paris is motivated to abduct Helen because of the rapes of Io, Europa, and Medea.
Nov 14, 2015 · A review, summary, analysis, and overview, of book 1 (Clio) of The Histories of Herodotus. A ...
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Posted: Nov 14, 2015