“While the lower parts of Asia were in this way brought under by Harpagus, Cyrus in person subjected the upper regions, conquering every nation, and not suffering one to escape.”
~ ‘The History’ by Herodotus (George Rawlinson translation. GB6 - p. 40)
Apologies for the long gap. It has been a couple of months since the last post. But it feels as though it were yesterday that I started reading Herodotus. I’ve just read Book 1, and it seems like an epic that has been condensed. There is so much information that makes one think about it long after reading. I read it in parts - around 12-14 pages per week, making it three parts. The first part mainly focused on the rise and fall of Croesus, the second on the birth and rise of Cyrus, and the final part on the expansion of Cyrus’ Persian Empire and his subsequent downfall.
1 - Ionian & Aeolian plea to Cyrus