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Herodotus Book I (Clio)

 * The rapes of Io, Europa, and Medea, which motivated Paris to abduct Helen. The subsequent Trojan War is marked as a precursor to later conflicts between peoples of Asia and Europe.  (–5)
 * Colchis, Colchians and Medea. (1.2.2–1.2.3)
 * The rulers of Lydia (on the west coast of Asia Minor, today modern Turkey): Candaules, Gyges, Sadyattes, Alyattes, Croesus (–7)
 * How Gyges took the kingdom from Candaules (–13)
 * The singer Arion's ride on the dolphin (–24)
 * Solon's answer to Croesus's question that Tellus was the happiest person in the world (–33)
 * Croesus's efforts to protect his son Atys, his son's accidental death by Adrastus (–44)
 * Croesus's test of the oracles (–54)
 * The answer from the Oracle of Delphi concerning whether Croesus should attack the Persians (famous for its ambiguity): If you attack you will destroy a great empire. (–56)
 * Peisistratos' rises and falls from power as tyrant of Athens (–64)
 * The rise of Sparta (–68)
 * Edwin Long 001.jpg as described by Herodotus in Book 1 of the Histories'']]The Battle of Halys; Thales predicts the solar eclipse of May 28, 585 B.C.
 * Croesus's defeat by Cyrus II of Persia, and how he later became Cyrus's advisor (–92)
 * The rulers of the Medes: Deioces, Phraortes, Cyaxares, Astyages, Cyrus II of Persia (–144)
 * The rise of Deioces over the Medes
 * Astyages's attempt to destroy Cyrus, and Cyrus's rise to power
 * Harpagus tricked into eating his son, his revenge against Astyages by assisting Cyrus
 * The culture of the Persians
 * The history and geography of the Ionians, and the attacks on it by Harpagus
 * Pactyes' convinces the Lydians to revolt. Rebellion fails and he seeks refuge from Mazares in Cyme (Aeolis)
 * The culture of Assyria, especially the design and improvement of the city of Babylon and the ways of its people
 * Cyrus's attack on Babylon, including his revenge on the river Gyndes and his famous method for entering the city
 * Cyrus's ill-fated attack on the Massagetæ, leading to his death

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