During the fifth century BC, a small and quarrelsome band of Greek city-states united to repel a mighty Persian army. While the story of this heroic drama forms the main theme of Herodotus' narrative, the author's curiosity fleshes out the text with digressions, folk tales and stories.
- ISBN10 0140446389
- ISBN13 9780140446388
- Publish Date 29 February 1996 (first published 31 January 1920)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 October 2004
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books, Limited (UK)
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 688
- Language English