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  <name><![CDATA[Herodotus]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Herodotus of Halicarnassus was a Greek historian from Ionia who lived in the 5th century BCE (ca. 484 BCE–ca. 425 BCE) and is regarded as the &quot;Father of History:&quot; As he was the first to use the term. He is almost exclusively known for writing The Histories, a record of his 'inquiries' (or ἱστορίαι, a word that passed into Latin and took on its modern connotation of history) into the origins of the Greco-Persian Wars which occurred in 490 and 480-479 BCE — especially since he includes a narrative account of that period, which would otherwise be poorly documented, and many long digressions concerning the various places and peoples he encountered during wide-ranging travels around the lands of the Mediterranean and Black Sea. However, some of his stories are not always completely accurate. Herodotus however does state he is only reporting what is told to him, an honesty lacking in many historians.
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  <title><![CDATA[The Persian War]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Herodotus: The Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Books]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Snakes with Wings and Gold-Digging Ants (Penguin Great Journeys)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Aubrey de Selincourt]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Xerxes Invades Greece]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Selections from Herodotus]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Amy L. Barbour]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Tales from Herodotus]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Historiae, Volume I: Books I-IV]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[On the War for Greek Freedom: Selections from the Histories]]></title>
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        <book id="1935808">
  <title><![CDATA[Los Nueve Libros de La Historia]]></title>
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