The Histories
by Herodotus

The Histories by Herodotus

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  1. they didn't meaningfully choose seems, well... The Greek historian Herodotus tells a story about the Persian King Xerxes ordering the sea to be whipped with 300 lashes after a storm destroyed his bridge. Which seems irrational, right? To punish a force of nature. Leave my beautiful wet wife alone!

    Natalie Wynn (Contrapoints)

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