This book was cataloged on June 12, 2009. The audio files have been transferred to Internet Archive and may be found at: http://librivox.org/herodotus-histories-vol-2/
The Histories of Herodotus of Halicarnassus is considered the first work of history in Western literature. Written about 440 BC, the Histories tell the story of the war between the Persian Empire and the Greek city-states in the 5th century BC. Herodotus traveled extensively around the ancient world, conducting interviews and collecting stories for his book. The rise of the Persian Empire is chronicled, and the causes for the conflict with Greece. Herodotus treats the conflict as an ideological one, frequently contrasting the absolute power of the Persian king with the democratic government of the Greeks. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia.)
Link to Herodotus' Histories: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herodotus_Histories
Link to Herodotus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herodotus
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Source text: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0126
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128 kbps MP3
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histories2_##_herodotus.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is your section number. (e.g. histories2_01_herodotus.mp3)
ID3 V2 tags
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Title: 01 - Vol 2, pt 1 (for section 01)
Title: 02 - Vol 2, pt 2 (for section 02, etc.)
Artist: Herodotus
Album: Histories Vol 2
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