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gunnut · 03-26-2007, 15:08 PM

I have a question. A lot of the accounts of the Greko-Persian war were from Histories by Herodotus. How accurate was his work? Do we have other verifiable accounts of the events depicted in his work to corroborate with his story?

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gunnut *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 01-27-06 Location: DPRK, Democratik People's Republik of Kalifornia Posts: 10,214 Country:	I have a question. A lot of the accounts of the Greko-Persian war were from Histories by Herodotus. How accurate was his work? Do we have other verifiable accounts of the events depicted in his work to corroborate with his story? __________________ "Only Nixon can go to China." -- Old Vulcan proverb.