by Heródoto · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429762464
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«Història» is Book II of Herodotus's historical work, published by Edicions 62 in paperback (232 pages, in Catalan).
This second volume of the Histories delves into the peoples and events surrounding the ancient Greek world, combining the account of facts with the description of customs and cultures of the era.
It belongs to the Bernat Metge series (number 16); the edition is from May 22, 2009.
For lovers of classical history and the great chroniclers of antiquity.
Herodotus was a Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus, under Persian control in the 5th century BC, and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy. He wrote the Histories, a detailed account of the Greco-Persian Wars, among other subjects such as the rise of the Achaemenid dynasty of Cyrus. He has been described as "The Father of History", a title conferred on him by the ancient Roman orator Cicero.
