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Author(s): Herodotus
Reader(s): Marsden, Roy
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: History
Catalogue No: NA308412
Barcode: 0730099008429
Release Date: 01/1996
HERODOTUS: Histories (The) - The Persian War (Abridged)
In this, the first prose history in European civilization, Herodotus tells the heroic tale of the Greeks’ resistance to the vast invading force assembled by Xerxes, King of Persia, as currently retold in the feature film 300. Here are not only the great battles—Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis—but also penetrating human insight and a powerful sense of epic destiny at work.
Tracklist
Disc 1
Herodotus - Author
|  | 1 | In The 6th Century BC, Cyrus And His Son Cambyses Expand The Persian Empire | 01:50 |
| | 2 | Darius Pursues His Own Design | 07:33 |
| | 3 | The Battle Of Marathon | 05:25 |
| | 4 | The Wrath Of Darius | 09:02 |
| | 5 | Xerxes Builds A Canal And A Bridge | 13:30 |
| | 6 | The Persian Army Marches Out | 11:45 |
| | 7 | The Review And The Numbering Of The Persian Army | 05:11 |
| | 8 | The Army Marches Upon Greece Through Thrace | 11:20 |
| | 9 | Themistocles Takes Control With Shrewd Counsel | 04:31 |
| | 10 | The Greeks Decide To Guard The Pass of Thermopylae | 09:12 |
Disc 2
| | 1 | The Commander Of The Force, The Spartan Leonidas | 07:33 |
| | 2 | Betrayal By Ephialtes | 05:25 |
| | 3 | The Final Conflict At Thermopylae | 05:38 |
| | 4 | The Greek Fleet At Artemisium | 06:25 |
| | 5 | The Greeks' Naval Strategy | 04:55 |
| | 6 | 'The Third Day Was Now Come' | 08:22 |
| | 7 | The Greek Fleet Sails To Salamis | 03:59 |
| | 8 | The Persians Sack Athens | 08:39 |
| | 9 | Manoeuvres - And The Battle Of Salamis | 11:34 |
| | 10 | The Rout Of The Persians Begins | 04:14 |
| | 11 | Mardonius Proposes His New Plans To Xerxes | 05:53 |
| | 12 | Xerxes Withdraws His Forces | 05:35 |
Disc 3
| | 1 | Themistocles Is Honoured By The Greeks | 05:52 |
| | 2 | Mardonuis, Through His Ambassador, Entreats The Athenians To Make Peace | 11:35 |
| | 3 | Mardonius Burns Athens And Withdraws From Attica | 03:34 |
| | 4 | Masistius Leads The Persians Against The Greeks | 08:51 |
| | 5 | Preparations For The Battle Of Plataea | 14:12 |
| | 6 | The Battle Of Plataea Begins | 10:35 |
| | 7 | Further Defeat For The Persians At Mycale In Ionia | 11:10 |
| | 8 | The Love Of Xerxes For The Wife And Daughter Of Masistes | 07:24 |
| | 9 | The Greeks Sail For The Hellespont | 02:07 |
| | 10 | Herodotus Concludes The Histories With A Reminiscence Of Cyrus: 'Soft Countries Gave Birth To Soft M | 02:19 |
Total Playing Time: 03:55:10