Perseus Documents Collection Table of Contents
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PREFACE
INTRODUCTION Unity of the last three Books of Herodotus Justification of the existing subdivisions Characteristic and Analysis of Bk. 7 Characteristic and Analysis of Bk. 8 Characteristic and Analysis of Bk. 9 Is the work of Herodotus incomplete, or unfinished? General considerations in support of the priority of Bks. 7, 8, 9 Particular passages favourable to the priority of Bks. 7, 8, 9 Marks of successive Redactions in Bks. 7, 8, 9 The Sources: analysis inconclusive Defects and Merits of Herodotus historicus as exhibited in Bks. 7, 8, 9 The false and the true estimates of Herodotus and his work
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