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On the legacy of The Histories of Herodotus, historian Barry S. Strauss writes: He is simply one of the greatest storytellers who ever wrote. His narrative ability is one of the reasons ... those who call Herodotus the father of history. Now that title is one that he richly deserves. A Greek who lived in the fifth century BC, Herodotus was a ...
Parallel Greek and English text of the History of Herodotus at the Internet Sacred Text Archive; Herodotus Histories on the Perseus Project; Herodotus Histories on the Scaife Viewer; Excerpts of Sélincourt's translation; The Histories of Herodotus, A.D. Godley translation with footnotes ("Direct link to PDF" (PDF). Archived from the original ...
Manes (Ancient Greek: Μάνηϛ) [1] is a legendary figure of the 2nd millennium BC who is attested by Herodotus in Book One of Histories to have been an early king of Lydia, [2] then probably known as Maeonia (which he may be the eponym of). He was believed to have been the son of Zeus and Gaia, [3] and was the father of Atys, who succeeded ...
Download QR code; In other projects Appearance. move to sidebar hide ... English: The story of Smerdis as told in Herodotus' Histories III.30, III.61–88. Date: 1921:
Works by or about George Rawlinson at the Internet Archive; The History of Herodotus, translated by George Rawlinson. Rawlinson, George. Historical Evidences of the Scripture Records Stated Anew: With Special Reference to the Doubts and Discoveries of Modern Times. New York: John B. Alden, 1885.
The series was received with appreciation and positive reviews from both scholars and book reviews. For example, Edward Rothstein wrote in the New York Times that "the publication of 'The Landmark Herodotus' (Pantheon) which includes a new translation by Andrea L. Purvis, and extensive annotation by scholars is such a worthy occasion for celebrating Herodotus' contemporary importance."
Hecataeus, says Herodotus, had seen the same spectacle, after mentioning that he traced his descent, through sixteen generations, from a god. The Egyptians compared his genealogy to their own, as recorded by the statues; since the generations of their high priests had numbered three hundred and forty-five, all mortal men, they refused to ...
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 ]