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READING HALL

THE DOORS OF WISDOM

 

 

 

THE LIFE OF HERODOTUS

 

THE

HISTORIES OF HERODOTUS

 

BOOK I. CLIO

BOOK II. EUTERPE

BOOK III. THALEIA

BOOK IV. MELPOMENE

BOOK VI. ERATO

BOOK VII. POLYMNIA

BOOK VIII. URANIA

BOOK IX. CALLIOPE

 

This is the display of the inquiry of Herodotus of Hallicarnassus, so that things done by man not be forgotten in time, and that great and marvelous deeds, some displayed by the Hellenes, some by the barbarians, not lose their glory, including among others what was the cause of their waging war on each other.

The books of his History bear the title of “the Muses”.