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Reading Herodotus : A Guided Tour through the Wild Boars, Dancing Suitors, and Crazy Tyrants of The History / Debra Hamel.
| Author/creator | Hamel, Debra |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. |
| Description | xviii, 329 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | How to destroy a mighty empire: the story of Croesus of Lydia -- Cannibals and conquests: the story of Cyrus the Great -- Horny goats and medicinal urine: the Egyptian logos -- Madness and mummies: the reign of Cambyses -- Meanwhile, elsewhere in the Mediterranean: the stories of Polycrates and Periander -- Earless imposters and randy mounts: the early reign of Darius the Great -- The trouble with nomads: Darius' Scythian campaign -- Stuttering colonists and lousy deaths: the Libyan logos -- Tattooed slaves and ousted tyrants: post-Pisistratid Athens and the Ionian revolt -- Miltiades, madness, and Marathon: the first Persian War -- Feats of engineering and doomed valor: the Second Persian War to the Battle of Thermopylae -- Trial by trireme: the Battles at Artemisium and Salamis -- Concluding scenes: the Battles of Plataea and Mycale and the siege of Sestus |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-316) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2012000578 |
| ISBN | 9781421406558 (hardback : alkaline paper) |
| ISBN | 9781421406565 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
| ISBN | 1421406551 (hardback : alkaline paper) |
| ISBN | 142140656X (paperback : alkaline paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | D58.H473 H36 2012 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |