Authors

Herodotus

in The Copy Book

There are two posts in The Copy Book credited to Herodotus. (In the case of some authors, the list may include translations and paraphrases.)

1

The Battle of Thermopylae

In 480 BC Leonidas, King of Sparta, frustrated the advance of Xerxes the Persian just long enough to change the course of the war — and history.

2

Xerxes Scourges the Hellespont

The Persian King felt that a lord of his majesty should not have to take any nonsense from an overgrown river.