Project Gutenberg 2015-11-29 Public domain in the USA. 110 Herodotus -484 -430 Ηρόδοτος Heródoto Herodoto Rein, Edvard Herodotoksen historia-teos III-VI Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histories_(Herodotus) Wikipedia page about this book: https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historiateos Produced by Tapio Riikonen "Herodotoksen historia-teos III-VI" by Herodotus is a historical account written in the 5th century BC. The text prominently focuses on the events surrounding the Persian campaigns against Egypt, revolving around figures like Kambyses, the son of Cyrus, and the Egyptian king Amasis. The narrative delves into political intrigue, military strategies, and the cultural interplay between Persia and Egypt, while also exploring themes of power, betrayal, and destiny. At the start of the historical account, Kambyses prepares for a military campaign against Egypt, motivated by a desire to marry Amasis's daughter. Amasis grapples with the political implications of this request, knowing that Kambyses seeks her not for marriage but as a concubine. The opening also introduces various characters, such as Fanes, a Halicarnassian mercenary seeking to defect to the Persians, and the Egyptian king's son, Psammenitus. As the narrative unfolds, it recounts the build-up to the conflict, detailing how Kambyses acquires the necessary resources to launch his invasion and the tension brewing between the two empires, setting the stage for the ensuing power struggles that characterize the rest of the text. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 37.6 (College-level). Difficult to read. fi History, Ancient Greece -- History -- To 146 B.C. D Text Browsing: History - Ancient Browsing: History - General Category: History - Ancient 648607 2025-06-23T17:35:18.691496 text/html 648418 648357 2024-10-21T08:07:59.992885 2023-09-22T05:29:18.422994 text/html text/html 303834 2025-06-23T17:35:37.741410 application/epub+zip 312578 2025-06-23T17:35:28.296518 application/epub+zip 297927 2025-06-23T17:35:22.761480 application/epub+zip 565956 2025-06-23T17:35:46.223383 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 544864 2025-06-23T17:35:36.938433 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 502974 2022-09-22T20:55:23.318967 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 626074 2025-06-23T17:35:18.099527 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 606269 2024-10-22T23:31:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 11878 2025-06-23T17:35:46.369356 application/rdf+xml 16214 2025-06-23T17:35:27.479427 image/jpeg 3967 2025-06-23T17:35:27.194490 image/jpeg 301338 2025-06-23T17:35:18.753466 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia