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Excerpt from Herodotus, Books V and Vi: Terpsichore and Erato The text of this edition is mainly that of Stein in his edition of 1884, and wherever I have deviated from this I have quoted Stein's reading at the foot. The most important conjectures and readings, or at least those which seemed to be most important for my purpose have been added in the critical apparatus, but I have not attempted to give anything like a conspectus lectionum. That will be found in the editions of Stein and Holder. In regard to the dialect I have felt unable to do anything at all satisfactory, but readers who are interested in this side of the text will find it very carefully treated in Prof. Strachan's excellent edition of Book vi. My notes are chiefly intended for historical students - for whom also the excursuses have been written. To make the book as useful as possible in this respect I have not hesitated to quote at length accounts given by other authors of the events narrated by Herodotus. I have of course, made constant use of the editions by Kruger and Stein, which are indispensable helps in the study of Herodotus. I hope, in the course of time, to be able to complete the whole of Herodotus on a similar plan. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."