Today’s installment describes fabled Babylon and the lands of Mesopotamia.Translated by George C. Macaulay -- our special project presenting the

The Dorians and Ionians drove the Carians out of the islands, and so they came to the mainland.Translated by George C. Macaulay -- our special

These Phoenicians were the first of the Hellenes who made long voyages.Translated by George C. Macaulay -- our special project presenting the

The rest of the Greeks, among them the Athenians, did not wish to be called Ionians, nay even now I perceive that the greater number of them are

These are the customs, so far as I know, which the Persians practice.Translated by George C. Macaulay -- our special project presenting the

So the Persians having obtained a leader willingly attempted to set themselves free.Translated by George C. Macaulay -- our special project

The children switched and the murder covered up.Translated by George C. Macaulay -- our special project presenting the complete Herodotus with

. . . and the Scythians obtained rule over all Asia.Translated by George C. Macaulay -- our special project presenting the complete Herodotus

Of marvels to be recorded the land of Lydia has no great store as compared with other lands, excepting. . .Translated by George C. Macaulay --