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«Los nueve libros de la historia» is Herodotus's historical anthology, published by Orbis in hardcover (383 pages, in Spanish).
Herodotus of Halicarnassus, considered the first historian, is not content with recounting events: he seeks to explain their causes. This anthology offers a selection of Herodotus's passages on the conflict between Greeks and Persians, with digressions on Egypt and other ancient peoples.
1983 edition, volume 45 of the Historia Universal de la Literatura collection. Selection by Natalia Palomar Pérez and translation by María Rosa Lida.
Recommended for readers interested in classical history, the Greco-Persian world, and the origins of historiography.
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.
