The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 · Herodotus
Chapter 1
By Herodotus Translated into English by G. C. Macaulay {e Herodotou diathesis en apasin epieikes, kai tois men agathois sunedomene, tois de kakois sunalgousa}.—Dion. Halic. {monos 'Erodotos 'Omerikhotatos egeneto}.—Longinus. This text was prepared from an edition dated 1890, published by MacMillan and Co., London and New York. Greek text has been transliterated and marked with brackets, as in the opening citation above.
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