markm reviewed The History of Herodotus by Herodotus
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3 stars
This odd project from 1962 is a discussion and analysis of Herodotus. Herodotus is fairly straightforward to read and the author mentions most of his stories just as an outline while adding his opinionated (and now dated) commentary on ancient Greek history and culture. A final segment of the book adds discussion of Greek literature in general with large quoted extracts. About 30% of the way into the book, one wonders whether it would be better to read one of the annotated translations of Herodotus directly (e.g. The Landmark edition).
