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Panyassis. (uncle or cousin) Herodotus [a] ( Ancient Greek: Ἡρόδοτος, romanized : Hēródotos; c. 484 – c. 425 BC) was a Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus, part of the Persian Empire (now Bodrum, Turkey) and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy.
Jun 25, 2024 · Herodotus (born 484 bce ?, Halicarnassus, Asia Minor [now Bodrum, Turkey]?—died c. 430–420) was the Greek author of the first great narrative history produced in the ancient world, the History of the Greco-Persian Wars.
Oct 19, 2022 · Herodotus (l. c. 484 – 425/413 BCE) was a Greek historian famous for his work Histories. He was called The Father of History by the Roman writer Cicero, who admired...
Feb 4, 2010 · Herodotus was a Greek writer credited with being the first historian. Sometime around 425 B.C., he published The Histories, an inquiry into the Greco-Persian Wars.
Herodotus , (born 484?, Helicarnassus, Asia Minor—died 430/420 bc ), Greek historian. He resided in Athens and then in Thurii in southern Italy. His travels covered a large part of the Persian empire. He is the author of the first great narrative history produced in the ancient world, the History of the Persian Wars.
May 18, 2018 · Herodotus >Herodotus (ca. 484 B.C.-ca. 425 B.C.) was the first Greek writer who >succeeded in writing a large-scale historical narrative that has survived >the passage of time. In the lifetime of Herodotus the writing of history, and indeed of prose of any sort, was still something of a novelty.
Dec 14, 2009 · Herodotus of Halicarnassus (c. 485—c. 425 BCE) is the author of the Histories, the oldest surviving historiographical work of Antiquity. Four times the size of Homer’s Iliad, it describes the origins and course of the conflicts between the Persian Empire and the Greek city-states at the beginning of the 5th century BCE.
The History of Herodotus By Herodotus Written 440 B.C.E Translated by George Rawlinson. The History of Herodotus has been divided into the following sections: Book I [299k] Book II [249k] Book III [221k] Book IV [230k] Book V [162k] Book VI [174k] Book VII [286k] Book VIII [179k] Book IX [168k] Download: A 1464k text-only version is available ...
Feb 22, 2023 · The ancient Greek historian Herodotus is one of the most significant historians in history. Commonly referred to as the ‘Father of...
Aug 5, 2018 · Herodotus' Histories, celebrating the Greek victory over the Persians, were written in the mid-fifth century B.C. Herodotus wanted to present as much information about the Persian War as he could.
