Histories (Herodotus) - Translations of The Histories

Translations of The Histories

  • George Rawlinson, 1858: in classics.mit.edu full text of all books (Book I to Book IX)
  • George Campbell Macaulay, 1904: full text, vol. 1, full text, vol. 2 Project Gutenberg
  • Alfred Denis Godley, 1921: full text, librivox audiobook, vol. 1, librivox audiobook, vol. 2, librivox audiobook, vol. 3
  • Aubrey de Sélincourt, 1954 excerpts;2003, revised by John Marincola
  • Harry Carter, 1958
  • David Grene, 1985
  • Walter Blanco and Jennifer Tolbert Roberts, 1992
  • Robin Waterfield, 1998
  • Shlomo Felberbaum, 2003 – work in progress: full text
  • Andrea L. Purvis, 2007

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