The Landmark Herodotus: the Histories
by STRASSLER, ROBERT B. (ED.)
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- Hardcover
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Bob Strassler , a graduate of Harvard and Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar, is the president of Riverside Capital Management Corp., and an unaffiliated scholar whose articles have appeared in the Journal of Hellenic Studies . He received an honorary degree as Doctor of Humanities and Letters from Bard College in 1996. A viola da gamba musician, he is the chairman of the Aston Magna Foundation for Music and the Humanities. Andrea L. Purvis received her Ph.D. in Classical Studies from Duke University in 1998 and teaches in Duke University's Department of Classical Studies.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Landmark Herodotus: the Histories
- Author
- STRASSLER, ROBERT B. (ED.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- First Edition, Hardcover, Dust Jacket
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