Description• Annotated. Illustrated• Storyline IncludedThis e-book is optimized for e-book readers and with an active table of content. It contains the volume 1 and 2 of “The History of Herodotus” written by Herodotus, translated by G. C. Macaulay with notes.The Histories (also known as The History) of Herodotus is considered the founding work of history in Western literature. Written from the 450s to the 420s BC in the Ionic dialect of classical Greek, The Histories serves as a record of the ancient traditions, politics, geography, and clashes of various cultures that were known around the Mediterranean and Western Asia at that time. It is not an impartial record but it remains one of the West's most important sources regarding these affairs. Moreover, it established without precedent the genre and study of history in the Western world, although historical records and chronicles existed beforehand.The Histories was at some point through the ages divided into the nine books of modern editions, named after the nine Muses: the "Muse of History", Clio, representing the first book, then Euterpe, Thaleia, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Erato, Polymnia, Ourania and Calliope for books 2 to 9, respectively.TABLE OF CONTENTSABOUT “The History of Herodotus” Storyline of “The History of Herodotus” PREPARER'S NOTE PREFACE NOTES TO PREFACE THE HISTORY OF HERODOTUS - VOLUME I BOOK I - THE FIRST BOOK OF THE HISTORIES, CALLED CLIO NOTES TO BOOK I BOOK II - THE SECOND BOOK OF THE HISTORIES, CALLED EUTERPE NOTES TO BOOK II BOOK III - THE THIRD BOOK OF THE HISTORIES, CALLED THALEIA NOTES TO BOOK III BOOK IV - THE FOURTH BOOK OF THE HISTORIES, CALLED MELPOMENE NOTES TO BOOK IV THE HISTORY OF HERODOTUS - VOLUME II BOOK V - THE FIFTH BOOK OF THE HISTORIES, CALLED TERPSICHORE NOTES TO BOOK V BOOK VI - THE SIXTH BOOK OF THE HISTORIES, CALLED ERATO NOTES TO BOOK VI BOOK VII - THE SEVENTH BOOK OF THE HISTORIES, CALLED POLYMNIA NOTES TO BOOK VII BOOK VIII - THE EIGHTH BOOK OF THE HISTORIES, CALLED URANIA NOTES TO BOOK VIII BOOK IX - THE NINTH BOOK OF THE HISTORIES, CALLED CALLIOPE NOTES TO BOOK IX