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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.
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- Herodotus has been called the “father of history.” An engaging narrator with a deep interest in the customs of the people he described, he remains...
- Herodotus’s History is an account of the Greco-Persian Wars (499–479 BCE) and the story of the growth and organization of the Persian empire. Herod...
- In addition to writing, Herodotus traveled widely, visiting a large part of the Persian empire: he went to Egypt, Libya, Syria, Babylonia, Susa in...
- Herodotus was not one to resist a good story, and he has developed a reputation for credulity. However, he did not endorse everything he reported....
1 day ago · "Herodotus (1), of Halicarnassus, historian" published on by Oxford University Press.
Jun 25, 2024 · Herodotus - Historian, Narration, Research: This brief account of the first half of Herodotus’s History not only conceals its infinite variety but is positively misleading insofar as it suggests a straightforward geographical, sociological, and historical description of a varied empire.
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Jun 25, 2024 · Adamántios Koraïs (born April 27, 1748, Smyrna, Anatolia [now İzmir, Turkey]—died April 6, 1833, Paris, France) was a Greek humanist scholar whose advocacy of a revived classicism laid the intellectual foundations for the Greek struggle for independence. His influence on modern Greek language and culture was enormous.
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4 days ago · Herodotus. 2024.07.02. Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian (ca. 484-420 BC). Together with Thucydides, he is known as one of the leading historians of ancient Greece. He traveled from Egypt to Macedonia, thus across the then Persian Empire. His main work is “Histories” on the wars between Persia and Greece.
1 day ago · From the backdrop of ongoing scholarly debates, this volume seeks to offer a fresh look on the Histories. The various contributions present a nuanced portrayal of Herodotus as an author and the Histories as a literary cosmos, enhancing our comprehension of one of the most significant surviving texts from the Classical period.
4 days ago · The primary source for the Greco-Persian Wars is the Greek historian Herodotus. The Sicilian historian Diodorus Siculus, writing in the 1st century BC in his Bibliotheca historica, also provides an account of the Greco-Persian wars, partially derived from the earlier Greek historian Ephorus.
