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The History of Herodotus, Volume 2

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The second half of the oldest big history we have, taking in the Persian invasion of Greece and the battle of Marathon. Herodotus quotes his sources, and he says when he doubts them.

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Made byHerodotus
TranslatorG. C. Macaulay
LanguageEnglish
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Why we can share it: Project Gutenberg record: 'Copyright Status: Public domain in the USA.' Translator G. C. Macaulay (1852-1915) died 1915; PG preparer's note on this volume cites the third edition, printed 1914 (translation first published 1890).

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EventSolon and the priests of SaisAn aged Egyptian priest told the Athenian lawmaker Solon that Greeks are children with no old men among them. He said the world has been wrecked by fire and flood many times, and Egypt kept the records. Plato is the only source for this meeting. What did the priest say really happened to Phaethon?

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