If a new translation of Herodotus does not justify itself, it will hardly be justified in a preface; therefore the question whether it was needed may be left here without discussion. The aim of the tr...

This is the Showing forth of the Inquiry of Herodotus of Halicarnassos, to the end that4 neither the deeds of men may be forgotten by lapse of time, nor the works5 great and marvellous, which have bee...

1. When Cyrus had brought his life to an end, Cambyses received the royal power in succession, being the son of Cyrus and of Cassandane the daughter of Pharnaspes, for whose death, which came about be...

1. Against this Amasis then Cambyses the son of Cyrus was making his march, taking with him not only other nations of which he was ruler, but also Hellenes, both Ionians and Aeolians:399 and the cause...

1. After Babylon had been taken, the march of Darius himself540 against the Scythians took place: for now that Asia was flourishing in respect of population, and large sums were being gathered in as r...

1. In the meantime those of the Persians who had been left behind in Europe by Darius, of whom Megabazos was the commander, had subdued the people of Perinthos first of the Hellespontians, since they ...

1. Aristagoras accordingly, after having caused Ionia to revolt, thus brought his life to an end; and meanwhile Histiaios the despot of Miletos, having been let go by Darius had arrived at Sardis: and...

1. Now when the report came to Darius the son of Hystaspes of the battle which was fought at Marathon, the king, who even before this had been greatly exasperated with the Athenians on account of the ...

1. Those of the Hellenes who had been appointed to serve in the fleet were these:⁠—the Athenians furnished a hundred and twenty-seven ships, and the Plataians moved by valour and zeal for the service,...

1. Mardonios, when Alexander had returned back and had signified to him that which was said by the Athenians, set forth from Thessaly and began to lead his army with all diligence towards Athens: and ...

See the remarks of P.-L. Courier (on Larcher’s version) in the preface to his specimens of a new translation of Herodotus (Œuvres complètes de P.-L. Courier, Bruxelles, 1828). ↩ Mr. Woods, for example...