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1. Herodotus - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herodotus
Description: webHerodotus [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.
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2. Herodotus | Biography, Histories, & Facts | Britannica
Link: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Herodotus-Greek-historian
Description: webMar 12, 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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3. Herodotus - World History Encyclopedia
Link: https://www.worldhistory.org/herodotus/
Description: webOct 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.
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4. Herodotus: Histories & Greco-Persian Wars | HISTORY
Link: https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-greece/herodotus
Description: webFeb 4, 2010 · Herodotus was a Greek writer and geographer credited with being the first historian. Sometime around the year 425 B.C., Herodotus published his magnum opus: a long account of the Greco-Persian...
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5. The Greek Historian Herodotus, Known as “The Father of History”
Link: https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/05/herodotus-historian-ancient-greek-history/
Description: webAug 5, 2023 · Herodotus died in 425 BC at the approximate age of sixty; according to the Suda, he was buried in Pella, Macedonia. See all the latest news from Greece and the world at Greekreporter.com . Contact our newsroom to …
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6. Herodotus summary | Britannica
Link: https://www.britannica.com/summary/Herodotus-Greek-historian
Description: webHerodotus , (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.
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7. Histories (Herodotus) - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histories_(Herodotus)
Description: webThe Histories ( Greek: Ἱστορίαι, Historíai; [a] also known as The History [1]) of Herodotus is considered the founding work of history in Western literature. [2] Although not a fully impartial record, it remains one of the West's most important sources regarding these affairs.
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8. Herodotus | Encyclopedia.com
Link: https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/historians-ancient-biographies/herodotus
Description: webMay 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.
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9. Perseus Encyclopedia, Herodotus
Link: https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0004%3Aentry%3Dherodotus
Description: webHerodotus: Dorian, Barbarian and Greek. Born in Halikarnassos, a city then under Persian rule, Herodotus belonged to the most international segment of the Greek world, for the colonies in Asia Minor were planted on the outermost edge of the vast and ancient continental Near East.
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10. Herodotus - Classics - Oxford Bibliographies
Link: https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/abstract/document/obo-9780195389661/obo-9780195389661-0018.xml
Description: webSep 20, 2023 · 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.