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The best part is the story of Astyages, Cyrus, and Harpagos.

>> No.5952120

leonidas dies

>> No.5952130

Best part is when Xerxes is lamenting mortality.

>> No.5952172

Lel at the Scythians pussies

>> No.5954291

What translation/edition of this would /lit/ recommend?

>> No.5954349

>>5952130
>tfw every on /lit/ will be dead in 100 years

>>5954291
I read the Selincourt translation and enjoyed it.

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5954364

>tfw finished the histories a weeks ago
>tfw couldn't tell you the best part because i have forgotten most of it already

>> No.5954400

Nah. The best part is when the Scythians and the Persians are about to clash, and suddenly, a hare appears in the middle of the battlefield. They inflicted a great humiliation to the Persians, by chasing that hare instead of fighting against their armies.