The Boys' and Girls' Herodotus
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- Being Parts of the History of Herodotus, Edited for Boys and Girls
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1. Front matter2. THE BOYS' AND GIRLS' HERODOTUS3. INTRODUCTION.4. CHAPTER I. ORIGIN OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE GREEKS AND BARBARIANS.5. CHAPTER II. HISTORY OF LYDIA.6. CHAPTER III. ORIGIN OF ATHENS AND SPARTA.7. CHAPTER IV. CONQUEST OF LYDIA BY CYRUS.8. CHAPTER V. HISTORY OF THE MEDES TO THE REIGN OF CYRUS.9. CHAPTER VI. THE ASIATIC GREEKS AND THE LYDIAN REVOLT.10. CHAPTER VII. THE CONQUEST OF ASSYRIA AND THE WAR WITH THE MASSAGETÆ.11. BOOK II. EUTERPE.12. CHAPTER I. PHYSICAL HISTORY OF EGYPT.13. CHAPTER II. RELIGION, MANNERS, CUSTOMS, DRESS, AND ANIMALS OF THE EGYPTIANS.14. CHAPTER III. GOD-KINGS PRIOR TO MENES.15. CHAPTER IV. FIRST LINE OF 330 KINGS, ONLY THREE MENTIONED.16. CHAPTER V. FROM SESOSTRIS TO SETHON.17. CHAPTER VI. THIRD LINE; FROM THE TWELVE KINGS TO AMASIS.18. CHAPTER I. EXPEDITIONS OF CAMBYSES.19. CHAPTER II. USURPATION OF SMERDIS THE MAGUS AND ACCESSION OF DARIUS.20. CHAPTER III. INDIANS, ARABIANS, AND ETHIOPIANS.21. CHAPTER IV. REIGN OF DARIUS TO THE TAKING OF BABYLON.22. CHAPTER I. DESCRIPTION OF SCYTHIA AND THE NEIGHBORING NATIONS.23. CHAPTER II. INVASION OF SCYTHIA BY DARIUS.24. CHAPTER III. DESCRIPTION OF LIBYA.25. CHAPTER I. CONQUESTS OF THE GENERALS OF DARIUS.26. CHAPTER II. THE IONIAN REVOLT.27. CHAPTER I. THE SUPPRESSION OF THE IONIAN REVOLT.28. CHAPTER II. EXPEDITION OF MARDONIUS.29. CHAPTER III. EXPEDITION OF DATIS AND ARTAPHERNES; THE BATTLE OF MARATHON.30. CHAPTER I. DEATH OF DARIUS AND REIGN OF XERXES.31. CHAPTER II. BATTLE OF THERMOPYLÆ.32. CHAPTER I. THE INVASION OF ATTICA AND THE BATTLE OF SALAMIS.33. CHAPTER II. XERXES' RETREAT.34. CHAPTER I. THE WAR CONTINUED; BATTLE OF PLATÆA AND SIEGE OF THEBES.35. CHAPTER II. THE BATTLE OF MYCALE.36. SYNCHRONISTICAL TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN HERODOTUS.37. HERODOTEAN WEIGHTS AND MONEY, DRY AND LIQUID MEASURES, AND MEASUREMENTS OF LENGTH.38. PLUTARCH FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.