The Histories
of
Herodotus of Halicarnassus
Book One
TRANSLATED BY
George Rawlinson
J
Ames,Iowa
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BOOK ONE
T
hese are the researches of Herodotus of
Halicarnassus, which he publishes, in the hope of thereby preserving from decay the remembranceof what men have done, and of preventing thegreat and wonderful actions of the Greeks and theBarbarians from losing their due meed of glory;and withal to put on record what were theirgrounds of feuds. According to the Persians bestinformed in history, the Phoenicians began toquarrel. This people, who had formerly dwelt onthe shores of the Erythraean Sea, having migratedto the Mediterranean and settled in the partswhich they now inhabit, began at once, they say,to adventure on long voyages, freighting their ves-sels with the wares of Egypt and Assyria. Theylanded at many places on the coast, and among
The Histories
of
Herodotus of Halicarnassus