The Boys' and Girls' Herodotus By John S. White

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Author

Herodotus, 481? BCE-421? BCE

Title

The Boys' and Girls' Herodotus Being Parts of the History of Herodotus, Edited for Boys and Girls

Credits

Produced by Turgut Dincer, Chris Pinfield and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere

Subject

Greece -- History -- To 146 B.C. -- Juvenile literature

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 55758

Release Date

October 16, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE BOYS' AND GIRLS' HERODOTUS
2. 2.INTRODUCTION.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.BOOK I. CLIO. — CHAPTER I. ORIGIN OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE GREEKS AND BARBARIANS. — CHAPTER II. HISTORY OF LYDIA. — CHAPTER III. ORIGIN OF ATHENS AND SPARTA. — CHAPTER IV. CONQUEST OF LYDIA BY CYRUS. — CHAPTER V. HISTORY OF THE MEDES TO THE REIGN OF CYRUS. — CHAPTER VI. THE ASIATIC GREEKS AND THE LYDIAN REVOLT. — CHAPTER VII. THE CONQUEST OF ASSYRIA AND THE WAR WITH THE MASSAGETÆ.
6. 6.BOOK II. EUTERPE. — CHAPTER I. PHYSICAL HISTORY OF EGYPT. — CHAPTER II. RELIGION, MANNERS, CUSTOMS, DRESS, AND ANIMALS OF THE EGYPTIANS. — CHAPTER III. GOD-KINGS PRIOR TO MENES. — CHAPTER IV. FIRST LINE OF 330 KINGS, ONLY THREE MENTIONED. — CHAPTER V. FROM SESOSTRIS TO SETHON. — CHAPTER VI. THIRD LINE; FROM THE TWELVE KINGS TO AMASIS.
7. 7.BOOK III. THALIA. — CHAPTER I. EXPEDITIONS OF CAMBYSES. — CHAPTER II. USURPATION OF SMERDIS THE MAGUS AND ACCESSION OF DARIUS. — CHAPTER III. INDIANS, ARABIANS, AND ETHIOPIANS. — CHAPTER IV. REIGN OF DARIUS TO THE TAKING OF BABYLON.
8. 8.BOOK IV. MELPOMENE. — CHAPTER I. DESCRIPTION OF SCYTHIA AND THE NEIGHBORING NATIONS. — CHAPTER II. INVASION OF SCYTHIA BY DARIUS. — CHAPTER III. DESCRIPTION OF LIBYA.
9. 9.BOOK V. TERPSICHORE. — CHAPTER I. CONQUESTS OF THE GENERALS OF DARIUS. — CHAPTER II. THE IONIAN REVOLT.
10. 10.BOOK VI. ERATO. — CHAPTER I. THE SUPPRESSION OF THE IONIAN REVOLT. — CHAPTER II. EXPEDITION OF MARDONIUS. — CHAPTER III. EXPEDITION OF DATIS AND ARTAPHERNES; THE BATTLE OF MARATHON.
11. 11.BOOK VII. POLYMNIA. — CHAPTER I. DEATH OF DARIUS AND REIGN OF XERXES. — CHAPTER II. BATTLE OF THERMOPYLÆ.
12. 12.BOOK VIII. URANIA. — CHAPTER I. THE INVASION OF ATTICA AND THE BATTLE OF SALAMIS. — CHAPTER II. XERXES' RETREAT.
13. 13.BOOK IX. CALLIOPE. — CHAPTER I. THE WAR CONTINUED; BATTLE OF PLATÆA AND SIEGE OF THEBES. — CHAPTER II. THE BATTLE OF MYCALE.
14. 14.SYNCHRONISTICAL TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN HERODOTUS. — GREEKS. — BARBARIANS
15. 15.HERODOTEAN WEIGHTS AND MONEY, DRY AND LIQUID MEASURES, AND MEASUREMENTS OF LENGTH. — Eubœic or Attic Silver Weights and Money. — Æginetan Silver Weights and Money. — Attic Dry Measures. — Liquid Measures. — Measures of Length.
16. 16.PLUTARCH FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.

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