By Herodotus, written 440 B.C.E.; translated and divided into books.

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Herodotus' Conception of Foreign Languages Thomas Harrison (University College, London) Introduction In one of the most famous passages in his Histories, Herodotus has the Athenians give the reasons why they would never betray Greece (8.144.2): first and foremost, the images and temples of the gods, burnt and requiring vengeance, and then 'the Greek thing', being of the same blood and the same ...

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