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Herodotus [a] (Ancient Greek: Ἡρόδοτος, romanized: Hēródotos; c. 484 – c. 425 BC) was a Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus (now Bodrum, Turkey), under Persian control in the 5th century BCE, and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy.
This article presents a list of people whom Herodotus (c.484–c.425 BC) mentioned in Book One of his major work The Histories. Herodotus presented his theme as "recording the achievements of both our own (Greek) and other peoples; and more particularly, to show how they came into conflict". [1]
A Greek who lived in the fifth century BC, Herodotus was a pathfinder. He traveled the eastern Mediterranean and beyond to do research into human affairs: from Greece to Persia, from the sands of Egypt to the Scythian steppes, and from the rivers of Lydia to the dry hills of Sparta.
Articles relating to the historian Herodotus (c. 484 – c. 425 BCE). Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. ...
The Labyrinth of Egypt was notably described by the Ancient Greek author Herodotus, who claimed in Book II of his Histories that the structure's greatness surpassed that of the Egyptian pyramids. The first major historian to discuss the labyrinth was the Greek author Herodotus ( c. 484 BC – c. 425 BC), who, in Book II of his Histories , wrote ...
Arganthonios (Ancient Greek: Ἀργανθώνιος) was a king of ancient Tartessos (in Andalusia, southern Spain) who according to Herodotus, was visited by Kolaios of Samos. Given the legendary status of Geryon, Gargoris and Habis, Arganthonios is the earliest documented monarch of the Iberian Peninsula. [1]
Herodotus is commonly called "The Father of History." [50] His book The Histories is among the oldest works of prose literature in existence. Thucydides's book History of the Peloponnesian War greatly influenced later writers and historians, including the author of the book of Acts of the Apostles and the Byzantine Era historian Procopius of ...
Rhodopis or Rodopis (Greek: Ῥοδῶπις), real name possibly Doricha (Δωρίχα), was a celebrated 6th-century BCE hetaera, of Thracian origin. [1] She is one of only two hetaerae mentioned by name in Herodotus' discussion of the profession (the other is the somewhat later Archidike).