Introduction by Rosalind Thomas
Editors Preface by Robert B. Strassler
Translators Preface by Andrea L. Purvis
Dated Outline of Text
Key to Maps
BOOK ONE
BOOK TWO
BOOK THREE
BOOK FOUR
BOOK FIVE
BOOK SIX
BOOK SEVEN
BOOK EIGHT
BOOK NINE
Appendix A The Athenian Government in Herodotus, Peter Krentz, Davidson College
Appendix B The Spartan State in War and Peace, Paul Cartledge, University of Cambridge
Appendix C The Account of Egypt: Herodotus Right and Wrong, Alan B. Lloyd, University of Wales
Appendix D Herodotean Geography, James Romm, Bard College
Appendix E Herodotus and the Black Sea Region, Everett L. Wheeler, Duke University
Appendix F Rivers and Peoples of Scythia, Everett L. Wheeler, Duke University
Appendix G The Continuity of Steppe Culture, Everett L. Wheeler, Duke University
Appendix H The Ionian Revolt, George L. Cawkwell, University College, Oxford
Appendix I Classical Greek Religious Festivals, Gregory Crane, Tufts University
Appendix J Ancient Greek Units of Currency, Weight, and Distance, Thomas R. Martin, College of the Holy Cross
Appendix K Dialect and Ethnic Groups in Herodotus, William F. Wyatt, Brown University
Appendix L Aristocratic Families in Herodotus, Carolyn Higbie, State University of New York, Buffalo
Appendix M Herodotus on Persia and the Persian Empire, Christopher Tuplin, University of Liverpool
Appendix N Hoplite Warfare in Herodotus, J.W. I. Lee, University of California, Santa Barbara
Appendix O The Persian Army in Herodotus, J.W. I. Lee, University of California, Santa Barbara
Appendix P Oracles, Religion, and Politics in Herodotus, Donald Lateiner, Ohio Wesleyan University
Appendix Q Herodotus and the Poets, Andrew Ford, Princeton University
Appendix R The Size of Xerxes Expeditionary Force, Michael A. Flower, Princeton University
Appendix S Trireme Warfare in Herodotus, Nicolle Hirschfeld, Trinity University
Appendix T Tyranny in Herodotus, Carolyn Dewald, Bard College
Appendix U On Women and Marriage in Herodotus, Carolyn Dewald, Bard College
Glossary
Ancient Sources
Bibliography for the General Reader
Figure Credits
Index
Reference Maps