The Boys' and Girls' Herodotus / Being Parts of the History of Herodotus, Edited for Boys and Girls
by Herodotus
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- THE BOYS' AND GIRLS' HERODOTUS
- INTRODUCTION.
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- BOOK IV. MELPOMENE.
- CHAPTER I. DESCRIPTION OF SCYTHIA AND THE NEIGHBORING NATIONS.
- CHAPTER II. INVASION OF SCYTHIA BY DARIUS.
- CHAPTER III. DESCRIPTION OF LIBYA.
- BOOK V. TERPSICHORE.
- CHAPTER I. CONQUESTS OF THE GENERALS OF DARIUS.
- CHAPTER II. THE IONIAN REVOLT.
- 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.
- BOOK VII. POLYMNIA.
- CHAPTER I. DEATH OF DARIUS AND REIGN OF XERXES.
- CHAPTER II. BATTLE OF THERMOPYLÆ.
- BOOK VIII. URANIA.
- CHAPTER I. THE INVASION OF ATTICA AND THE BATTLE OF SALAMIS.
- CHAPTER II. XERXES' RETREAT.
- BOOK IX. CALLIOPE.
- CHAPTER I. THE WAR CONTINUED; BATTLE OF PLATÆA AND SIEGE OF THEBES.
- CHAPTER II. THE BATTLE OF MYCALE.
- SYNCHRONISTICAL TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN HERODOTUS.
- GREEKS.
- BARBARIANS
- 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.
- PLUTARCH FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
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