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# The Histories (Oxford World's Classics)

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desertcart.com: The Histories (Oxford World's Classics): 9780199535668: Herodotus, Robin Waterfield, Carolyn Dewald: Books

Review: The Good Soldier Schweik of antiquity - A grand overarching story embellished with a thousand of pithy anecdotes of varying relevance. It is possible to make big fuss about whether the anecdotes are literally true (in the Schweik case, there were many people wasting the time of their lives really trying to map the anecdotes to real individuals and events) but in the end, it does not matter that much. And as a matter of fact, whatever in this book is possible to confirm one way or another was actually confirmed. You owe it to yourself to read it, it must rate among the 20 most important and at the same time most entertaining books ever written. The translation is lucid, and there are many helpful remarks.
Review: History for knowledge - Herodotus is quite the ancient historian; he's full of himself and funny too.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #114,639 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #63 in Iran History #81 in Ancient Greek History (Books) #125,721 in Literature & Fiction (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (508) |
| Dimensions  | 7.71 x 1.5 x 5.17 inches |
| Edition  | unknown |
| ISBN-10  | 0199535663 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0199535668 |
| Item Weight  | 2.31 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 848 pages |
| Publication date  | May 15, 2008 |
| Publisher  | Oxford University Press |
| Reading age  | 13 years and up |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Good Soldier Schweik of antiquity
*by J***L on August 15, 2019*

A grand overarching story embellished with a thousand of pithy anecdotes of varying relevance. It is possible to make big fuss about whether the anecdotes are literally true (in the Schweik case, there were many people wasting the time of their lives really trying to map the anecdotes to real individuals and events) but in the end, it does not matter that much. And as a matter of fact, whatever in this book is possible to confirm one way or another was actually confirmed. You owe it to yourself to read it, it must rate among the 20 most important and at the same time most entertaining books ever written. The translation is lucid, and there are many helpful remarks.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ History for knowledge
*by M***H on September 19, 2025*

Herodotus is quite the ancient historian; he's full of himself and funny too.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Engrossing, educational, complicated and confusing
*by B***R on February 18, 2026*

You get out of it for the reason you decided to pick it up. I'm a casual reader but picked it up when it was referenced in something else. To me it read like great historical fiction, although theres lots of confusion because there are so many names and places and frequent digressions and his maps, particularly the ones of Greece, are terrible. I spent a fair amount of time on Google but it was well worth it. The notes are helpful if you read them by chapter and I got more out of the introduction after reading the first 2 books because it made more sense Its also a scholarly work, as well which makes it a more difficult read because you cant read it without lots of reference material or are already literate in the subject. One thing I will say is that it should be required reading for would-be journalists. He makes it clear when he uses multiple sources or doesn't and whether or not he trusts the sources.

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