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| Title | Herodotus, Volume 1 Classical family library Herodotus, William Beloe |
| Author | Herodotus |
| Translated by | William Beloe |
| Publisher | Harper & brothers, 1836 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2007 |
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