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The Histories
The Histories | Herodotus
Herodotus is not only the father of the art and the science of historical writing but also one of the Western tradition's most compelling storytellers. In tales such as that of Gygeswho murders Candaules, the king of Lydia, and unsurps his throne and his marriage bed, thereby bringing on, generations later, war with the Persianshe laid bare the intricate human entanglements at the core of great historical events. In his love for the stranger, more marvelous facts of the world, he infused his magnificent history with a continuous awareness of the mythic and the wonderful. (Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
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kricheal
The Histories | Herodotus
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Starting this next on @SerialReader

Vivlio_Gnosi Just added it to my #TBR stack. Looking forward to it! Thanks for the post 📚💪 5y
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mohdazizi
The Histories | Robin Waterfield, Herodotus,, Carolyn Dewald
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Yay new book!

RaimeyGallant Yea! And welcome to Litsy! #LitsyWelcomeWagon Some of us put together Litsy tips to help new Littens navigate the site. It's the link in my bio on my page in case you need it. Or if you prefer how-to videos, @chelleo put some together at the link in her bio. @LitsyWelcomeWagon
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writerlibrarian
The Histories | Herodotus
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Pléiade are really expensive, bible paper, full on critic edition in the French edition world. People collect them. I kinda do, I like old ones. These are a few of my collection. The Greco-Roman part. The upper dark book is a 1920s Sophocles theatre edition.

Lcsmcat I didn‘t realize that! I have Histoire de la Musique in their edition. It was abandoned by a former student at the Conservatory and when they were cleaning out the storage area I got it. Nice to know. 6y
writerlibrarian @Lcsmcat I buy new edition for the library the cheap ones are 95$ the high priced one 145$. Patrons are amazed and careful with them. I think we lost one or two in the 12 years I've bought them for the library. 6y
tournevis I have two, one on Oscar Wilde and another on Jacques Prévert. Hoping to track down the one on Jean Cocteau one day. 6y
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Lcsmcat I just discovered that another book from that same source is a Pléiade: Les Passions et la Sagesse by Alain 6y
writerlibrarian @Lcsmcat that one new is 65 euros used 35€ about 40 to 45 $ It is one that is reedited because Alain is a philosopher. 6y
Lcsmcat @writerlibrarian Not that I would ever sell them, I‘m just amazed that someone left them in the basement when they graduated and the school was just going to throw them out. 6y
LeahBergen Oh, these are great! 😍 6y
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LeahBergen
The Histories | Herodotus
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wordslinger42 The Histories is on my TBR! Where did you find this edition?! It's gorgeous 😍 6y
saresmoore Oh, my. 6y
writerlibrarian So gorgeous. I have this but in old Pléiade edition. I'll post it ? 6y
Bradleygirl Beautiful aged pages. I just got this on Audible! 6y
Linsy 😱 Gorgeous!!! 😍 6y
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Dogearedcopy
The Histories | Herodotus
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My third (and last) special purchase from today‘s FOTL Clearance sale was this 2-volume edition of Herodotus‘ Histories published by The George Macy Company in 1958. Special attention was paid to the cover design elements of GMC books as well the interior pages. I love the credit that reads, “Illustrated and decorated by Edward Bawden” 🙂

#bookhaul

LeahBergen Gorgeous! My Herodotus set is one of my own personal favourites. 6y
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jenniferw88
The Histories | Herodotus
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#Bold #QuotsyNov2017 @TK-421

It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half of the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.

Wbabdullah Beautiful quote! And one I need for my #anxiety! 6y
youneverarrived Great quote! 6y
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LeahBergen
The Histories | Herodotus
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#OldestBookIOwn

I've previously posted about the oldest book I own so I'll show the 2nd oldest book(s) I own. 😆 The History of Herodotus in four volumes, published in 1791.

#SpookyOctober

Alfoster Wowie😍😍😍! 6y
LauraBrook Those are gorgeous! 6y
AmyG Wow!! Amazing. 6y
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AmandaL Nice! 6y
Bookworm54 You have such a beautiful book collection! ❤️ 6y
Palimpsest Whoa, those are awesome! My Herodotus, which was printed within the last ten years or so, pales in comparison. What a treasure! 6y
TrishB Gorgeous 💝 6y
CrowCAH OMG super jealous! Love all four of them!!! 😍 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful!!! 6y
saresmoore Neat! 6y
batsy That is too cool! 6y
Chachic Wow, that's amazing! 6y
Izai.Amorim Cool! 👍 6y
RohitSawant Woah! That's so awesome! 6y
youneverarrived These are gorgeous!! ❤️ 6y
rubyslippersreads 😍📚😍 6y
vivastory That's amazing! 6y
Suet624 Holy Toledo! You're amazing. 6y
Sydsavvy Oh my stars!!! Amazing! 6y
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Caterina
The Histories | Herodotus
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#audiostitching break from more intense paper-writing. 😊

LeahBergen It's coming along beautifully! 7y
Wife Love ❤️ it! 7y
drokka I'm loving this. Excited to see the finished project. 7y
Caterina @LeahBergen @Wife @drokka Thank y'all so much!! 😊😊😊 7y
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Caterina
The Histories | Herodotus
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My #audiostitching continues, this time with reading for class!

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AlexandraGriffin
The Histories | Herodotus
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Pickpick

I really enjoyed this audiobook.

Wow my review skills have gone down hill. Lol. But this was an enjoyable listen, the audiobook reader David Stimson did a great job.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ of 5

Caterina I'm listening to this same audio version right now, as I read it for class! 7y
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AlexandraGriffin
The Histories | Herodotus

Littens! I've been so out of the reading loop and in a massive funk, but I'm going to get back into it. I've missed you all terribly!!

CherylDeFranceschi Welcome back! 🎉📚 7y
Driftglass Nyaaa! 😸📚✨ 7y
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Caterina
The Histories | Herodotus
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Friday night #audiostitching! It's perfect because I'm doing reading for class while enjoying myself with cross-stitch! I've run out of thread for my other project, so I've switched over to this one until I can buy more thread. #audiobooks

DGRachel Pretty! 7y
CrowCAH Beautiful stitching!! 7y
drokka Lovely! Can't wait to see the finished design. 7y
Joanne1 Lovely. 7y
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Caterina
The Histories | Herodotus
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My #audiostitching for #LitsyPartyofOne continues! I've made a point of getting some readings for classes, including Herodotus, as #audiobooks for this purpose. 😊

LindsayReads This pattern is really beautiful. Where did you get it? 7y
Caterina @LindsayReads It was in the January 2013 issue of the Cross-Stitch & Needlework magazine! 7y
Cinfhen Really pretty💗 7y
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jlseymour3
The Histories | Robin Waterfield, Herodotus,, Carolyn Dewald

Timodemus, irrationally jealous of Themistocles success over the Persians at Salamis has been mocking Themistocles saying the recognition he has received from Sparta was due only to his being from Athens. Themistocles finally responds: it's true that if I came from Belbina the Spartiates wouldn't have honoured me as they did, but they wouldn't have honoured you, my Fri, even though you come from Athens!"

Nice.

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TheBrockUEnglishMajor
The Histories | Herodotus
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Required Reading Part Four
CLAS 3P03 Greek Civilization
Including:
Theogony and Works and Days, by Hesiod
Ancient Greece, (textbook)
The Landmark Herodotus (Histories) by Herodotus

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GoneFishing
The Histories | Herodotus

Of all men‘s miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.

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GoneFishing
The Histories | Herodotus

But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor's troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.

Oblomov26 Love Herodotus- 2500 years later and still so very true 7y
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