One of the most important and influential works of ancient Greek historiography, Herodotus' Histories is a sprawling epic that covers the rise of the Persian Empire and the Greek city-states from the 6th to the 5th centuries BCE. This edition features a new translation by Martin Clarentius Gertz, as well as extensive notes and commentary.

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