An Account Of Egypt

by Herodotus, G. C. Macaulay (Translator)

Overview

The father of story-tellers, Herodotus had a philosophy of history. Most of his life is unknown, except that he spent much of it traveling to collect to material for his writings. This is the story of Herodutus' travels through Egypt. A descriptive tale of Egyptian customs, rituals and history as told by Egyptian Priests. A very delightful reading.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789354591150
Publisher:	Alpha Editions
Publication date:	05/07/2021
Pages:	88
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.21(d)

About the Author

Herodotus was a Greek historian and geographer who was born in the city of Halicarnassus, which was part of the Persian Empire and is now Bodrum, Turkey. He later moved to Thurii, which is now in the Italian region of Calabria (Italy). The Histories, a detailed account of the Greco-Persian Wars, was written by him. Herodotus has been criticized because his work has "legends and made-up stories." Thucydides, a historian who lived at the same time, said that he made up stories for fun. But Herodotus said that he only wrote about what he could see and hear. Herodotus would have told people about his research by reading it out loud in front of a crowd. In the introduction to the Penguin edition of the Histories, John Marincola says that there are parts of Herodotus's early books that could be called "performance pieces." Thucydides and Herodotus became friends over time, and they became close enough that they were both buried in Thucydides' tomb in Athens.