Discourses on the First Book of Herodotus was originally published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. in 1995. Rights have been returned to the author and it is re-released here as an open access publication.

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Arieti, James A.

Discourses on the first book of Herodotus/ James A. Arieti

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. Herodotus. History. 2. History, Ancient-Historiography.

3. Herodotus-Philosophy. 4. History-Philosophy. I. Title.

D58.A75 1995 938’.007202-dc20 95-14368 CIP

ISBN 0-8226-3038-9 (cloth: alk. paper) ISBN 0-8226-3039-7 (pbk.: alk. paper)

Printed in the United States of America

The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1964.