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Jan 15, 1988 · Paperback – January 15, 1988. by Herodotus (Author), David Grene (Translator) 4.6 107 ratings. See all formats and editions. David Grene, one of the best known translators of the Greek classics, splendidly captures the peculiar quality of Herodotus, the father of history. Here is the historian, investigating and judging what he has seen ...
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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 him, but has also been rejected as The Father of Lies by critics, ancient and modern, who claim his work is little more than tall tales. While it is true that Herodotus sometimes ...
3 days ago · Herodotus. (c.484–c.430/420 bce), historian of the Persian empire, the Greek city-states, and the conflict between the two. “Of Herodotus of Halicarnassus, this is the presentation of his inquiry [ historiē ], so that human events may not be effaced by time, and the great and marvelous deeds/accomplishments, both those displayed by the ...
May 18, 2018 · 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. The earliest writings in prose had been the work of a group of ...
101 quotes from Herodotus: 'Of all men’s miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.', 'He asked, 'Croesus, who told you to attack my land and meet me as an enemy instead of a friend?'. The King replied, 'It was caused by your good fate and my bad fate. It was the fault of the Greek gods, who with their ...
Herodotus’ work was part of a growing prose literature in Ionic. Hippocrates (c. 469-399), often called the Father of Medicine, was a somewhat younger contemporary of Herodotus. A large number of medical treatises, composed in Hippocrates’ school during the period c. 440-340 survive.
