CONTENTS OF VOLUME I INTRODUCTION COMMENTARY ON Books I-IV APPENDIXES I-XV I.The Ethnography of Western Asia Minor and the Lydian History of Herodotus II.Assyria and Babylon III.Median History IV.Cyrus and the Rise of Persia V.The Reign of Cambyses and the Early Years of Darius Hystaspes VI.The Persian System of Government VII.The Persian Satrapies VIII.The Religion of the Ancient Persians and Herodotus IX.Herodotus in Egypt 4II X.The History of Egypt in relation to Herodotus XI.Scythia and the Scyths XII.The Scythian Expedition XIII.The Geography of Herodotus XIV.The Chronology of Herodotus XV.The Pelasgi MAPS IN VOLUME I THE COUNTRIES ROUND THE AEGEAN AFRICA ACCORDING TO HERODOTUS WESTERN ASIA EUROPE ACCORDING TO HERODOTUS ���� CONTENTS OF VOLUME II MAPS IN VOLUME II