Tales from Herodotus [Paperback]

This classic selection, drawn from the whole of Herodotus' work has been frequently set for GCSE, and used as a first prose text for early Greek learners. It presents a selection of typically anecdotal 'history' from Herodotus, and a useful introduction to the versatility and variety of his writings: historical narrative in the Battle of Salamis; curious anecdote in Arion and the dolphin; anthropological research in Egypt, Arabia and Scythia. At the same time, it makes Herodotus readily accessible to the beginner.

Herodotus' Ionic dialect has been changed into the Attic Greek which will be familiar to early language learners. Notes, full vocabulary and an index of proper names are provided to suit the student at that stage.

This volume presents a selection of typically anecdotal 'history' from
Herodotus. His Ionic dialect has been changed into the Attic familiar
to early Greek learners, and notes and vocabulary are provided to suit
the student at that stage. The selection was first published by
Macmillan in 1963 and has proved useful at GSCE level.

G.S. Farnellwas the editor ofGreek Lyric Poetry: A Complete Collection of the Surviving Passages from the Greek Song-Writers;Cornelius Nepos: Selections illustrative of Greek and Roman history;andRules and Exercises on Greek Conditional and Relative Sentences
Marie Goff

Introduction
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I. How Games Were Invented By The Lydians To Relieve Their Distress In Time Of Famine
Ii. How The Egyptian King Psammetichus Discovered The Oldest Race On Earth
Iii. How Crocodiles Are Worshipped By Some Egyptians, Captured And Eaten By Others
Iv. Story Of Mycerinus
V. Stories Of Amasis, Who Usurped The Throne Of Egypt
Vi. How Arion Was Saved By A Dolphin
Vii. Story Of Euenius
Viii. Story Of Cyrus The Great, King Of Persia
Ix. Solon And Croesus
X. Respect For Suppliants Enforced By An Oracle
Xi. Captures Of Babylon
Xii. lƒƒ