Introduction / Rosalind Thomas
Editor's preface / Robert B. Strassler
Translator's preface / Andrea L. Purvis
Book One. Proem ; reign of Croesus of Lydia : conquers Greeks in Asia, defeated by Cyrus ; Life story of Cyrus
Book Two. Egyptian customs and society ; History of Egypt : Min to Sethos
Book Three. Reign of Cambyses, conquest of Egypt ; Spartans make war on Polykrates of Samos ; Magi revolt, reign of Smerdis ; reign of Darius
Book Four. Description of Scythia and Scythians ; Darius' expedition to Scythia ; Libya and the Persians
Book Five. Darius' European campaign : Hellespont, Thrace ; the Ionian Revolt
Book Six. Kleomenes King of Sparta, Aegina, Athens ; Marathon campaign
Book Seven. Xerxes' preparations and march to Greece ; Maneuvers in the north, Battle of Thermopylae
Book Eight. Naval battles off Artemision ; Battle of Salamis
Book Nine. Battle of Plataea ; Battle of Mycale
Appendices. The Athenian government in Herodotus / Peter Krentz
The Spartan state in war and peace / Paul Cartledge
The account of Egypt : Herodotus right and wrong / Alan B. Lloyd
Herodotean geography / James Romm
Herodotus and the Black Sea region / Everett L. Wheeler
Rivers and peoples of Scythia / Everett L. Wheeler
The continuity of steppe culture / Everett L. Wheeler
The Ionian Revolt / George L. Cawkwell
Classical Greek religious festivals / Gregory Crane
Ancient Greek units of currency, weight, and distance / Thomas R. Martin
Dialect and ethnic groups in Herodotus / William F. Wyatt
Aristocratic families in Herodotus / Carolyn Higbie
Herodotus on Persia and the Persian Empire / Christopher Tuplin
Hoplite warfare in Herodotus / John W.I. Lee
The Persian army in Herodotus / John W.I. Lee
Oracles, religion, and politics in Herodotus / Donald Lateiner
Herodotus and the poets / Andrew Ford
The size of Xerxes' expeditionary force / Michael A. Flower
Trireme warfare in Herodotus / Nicolle Hirschfeld
Tyranny in Herodotus / Carolyn Dewald
On women and marriage in Herodotus / Carolyn Dewald.
