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(Professor Buttrey shows Herodotus relating some of the most outlandish stories without evaluating their credibility. Features: Theodore Buttrey, UM-Class.)

(Looks at how the great wars began between the Persians and the Greeks. Features: Theodore Buttrey, UM-Class.)

(A morality tale unfolds about Xerxes, King of the Persians, trying to assume complete power over the Greeks. Features: Theodore Buttrey, UM-Class.)

(Professor talks about Thermopylae and the small Spartan contingent which held off the Persian Empire. Features: Theodore Buttrey, UM-Class.)

(The Athenian fleet destroys the Persian fleet at Salamis. Dr. Buttrey says that, for Herodotus, the facts are important, but what they tell us about human behavior is even more important. Features: Theodore Buttrey, UM-Class.)