Review - The Persian Wars, Volume 1 - 7/10

Only knowing what the Bible describes about some these nations in which this book is about I was not sure what to expect. To be honest, although I am interested in learning about history, I know almost nothing about the Persian Wars.

"HERODOTUS (ca. 484 B.C – ca. 425 B.C.) was born into a family of the upper rank at Halicarnassus in Asia Minor, at that time subject to the Persian Empire. Because of his kinship to the epic poet Panyasis, who was put to death for political reasons, Herodotus left Halicarnassus as a young man, never to return. Most of what we know of him and his travels is derived from his writings. He lived for a time in Athens, where he was on friendly terms with the great men of the day, including Sophocles and Thucydides. Unable to obtain the franchise at Athens, he sailed from that port to the new colony of Thurii on the Gulf of Tarentum in Italy, where he became a citizen. He died and was buried there. " CHARLTON GRIFFIN

Although, I only listened to the first volume which does not talk at all about the war at all, I did find pretty interesting. In this volume Herodotus talks about the geography of the areas, the customs of the people during that time, and some juicy gossip about the kings and princes were in power.

I found it interesting to listen to him theorize about questions that have long been answered in today’s world. At one point Herodotus theorizes where the source of the Nile River comes from and in another the part he talks about why some animals have horns and some do not.

I know that historians have said that some portions of this literature are fabricated, my guess it is some the personal stories about the leaders of that time, but you still can get a great overview people what people were like during that time.