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This is, without a doubt, one of the greatest books ever written! That said, the only reason to read this particular edition is the wonderful translation rendered by David Grene, who attempts to preserve as much as possible the strangeness of Herodotus' Ionic Greek. This translation is, indeed, superior to those of Aubrey de Selincourt and Andrea L. Purvis, whose own editions are still quite readable if somewhat bland. Unfortunately, the index, maps, and supplementary material are not nearly as helpful as those in The Landmark Herodotus, and so for the reader who has the time and the money, it may be best to do what I did and just BUY & READ BOTH. For all the strangeness and beauty of his language, reading a description of a place is simply not the same as a looking at a map.

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