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Contents Acknowledgments ix 1 Introduction 1 2 Egypt and Scythia: The Pious and the Poetic Regimes 23 3 Persia and Regimes in Theory 65 4 Athens and Regimes in History 107 Conclusion: Herodotus and the Role of the Historian 159 Epilogue: 9/11 and the Politics of Empire 173 Notes 191 Bibliography 229 Index 237 vii ...

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