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Revised, reprint ed. Paperback trade, good condition only (reading copy), spine & covers creased, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear, small sticker front flyleaf. 653 pp. This literature classic by Herodotus is a colourful narrative of the successful struggle of a divided Greece against the Persian Empire in the 5th century B.C. Herodotus has been called the Father of History, but also has been criticised for using popular beliefs when evidence was lacking. The first great prose work in European literature. (This Penguin translation was first published in 1954. This copy: 20th reprint of the 1972 revised edition.).…