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Herodotus

Book IV Content

The history of the Scythians (from the land north of the Black Sea)

The geography of Scythia

A comparison of Libya (Africa), Asia, and Europe

The rivers of Scythia

The culture of the Scythians: religion, burial rites, xenophobia (the stories of Anacharsis and Scylas), population

The beginning of Darius's attack on Scythia, including the bridge over the Bosphorus

The brutal worship of Zalmoxis by the Getæ

The customs of the surrounding peoples

The wooing of the Amazons

Darius's attack on Scythia

The story of the Minyæ (descendants of the Argonauts) and the founding of Cyrêné

The rulers of Cyrêné: Battus, Arcesilaüs, Battus the lame (and the reforms of Demônax), Arcesilaüs (his revolt and death)

The peoples of Libya from east to west

The revenge of Arcesilaüs's mother Pheretima

Ancient Greece

Science, Technology , Medicine , Warfare, , Biographies , Life , Cities/Places/Maps , Arts , Literature , Philosophy ,Olympics, Mythology , History , Images

Medieval Greece / Byzantine Empire

Science, Technology, Arts, , Warfare , Literature, Biographies, Icons, History

Modern Greece

Cities, Islands, Regions, Fauna/Flora ,Biographies , History , Warfare, Science/Technology, Literature, Music , Arts , Film/Actors , Sport , Fashion

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Cyprus

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Greeks

Greece

Index

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