Herodotus and the Persian Wars

Klappentext An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. Zusammenfassung An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction and the kidnapping of women; 2. Coesus, the king of Lydia, Croesus and Solon; The fate of Croesus; 3. Egypt and the wonders of the world; The Nile; The wonders of Egypt; Cats and Crocdiles; Mummification; Darius and the treatment of the dead; India, Arabia and the far north; 4. The battle of Marathon: 490 BC; 5. The coming of the Persians; The decision to invade Greece; Xerxes and Pythius; The bridge at Abydos; Xerxes and Artabanus at Abydos; Xerxes and Demaratus; 6. The battle of Thermopulae: 480 BC; 7. The battle of salamis: 480 BC; 8. The battle of Platea: 479 BC; The end of it all.

Product details

• Authors: John Claughton
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.01.2008
• EAN: 9780521689434
• ISBN: 978-0-521-68943-4
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Greece and Rome: Texts and Contexts; Greece and Rome: Texts and Contexts
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology