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Tina P.
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Posted: Feb 24 2010 at 7:38pm | IP Logged Quote Tina P.
Confession time. Herodotus' histories was a huge *YAWN* for me in college. I'm trying to introduce my non-historian, literature UN-enthusiast to the classics of history. Are there any simple/children's versions of The Histories that are not dumbed down?

I'm starting a list on my blog of really good ones I've found so far.

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Posted: Feb 24 2010 at 9:46pm | IP Logged Quote Tina P.
I should add that I found:

Alfred Church's version

Glanville Downey's version

i don't known which is better ...?



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I think Church's books are great. I handed my son Herodotus's histories this year but he misunderstood where I wanted him to start- let me just say that that was not a good idea!!

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