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Tag: Herodotus

The classical bazaar
Seldom has writing about the classical world been so popular, and so good. And most of the writers are interested in it for its own sake
Richard Jenkyns  
January 17, 2009

The books
Philosophy of history: AC Grayling surveys the essential literature from Thucydides to Popper
AC Grayling  
December 20, 1996