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Herodotus
Herodotus , 484?-425? BC, Greek historian, called the Father of History, b. Halicarnassus, Asia Minor. Only scant knowledge of his life can be gleaned from his writings and from references to him by later writings, notably the Suda. He traveled along the coast of Asia Minor to the northern islands... Read more
Darius the Mede
Darius the Mede in the Bible, a king of the Medes who succeeded to the throne of Babylonia after Belshazzar. Otherwise unknown outside biblical tradition, it is likely that this Darius has been confused with Cyrus the Persian, who succeeded Belshazzar and decreed (539 BC) the return of exiled Jews.... Read more
Aesop
Aesop , legendary Greek fabulist. According to Herodotus, he was a slave who lived in Samos in the 6th cent. BC and eventually was freed by his master. Other accounts associate him with many wild adventures and connect him with such rulers as Solon and Croesus. The fables called Aesop's fables were ... Read more
Arion
Arion , Greek poet, inventor of the dithyramb. He is said to have lived at Periander's court in Corinth in the late 7th cent. BC A legend repeated by Herodotus tells how, having been thrown overboard by pirates, Arion was saved by a dolphin charmed by his music. Bibliography: See A. W. Pickard... Read more
Leonidas
Leonidas , d. 480 BC, king of Sparta. He succeeded (c.491 BC) his half brother, Cleomenes I. When the Persians invaded Greece under Xerxes (480 BC), Leonidas with 300 Spartans and 5,000 auxiliaries was given the pass at Thermopylae to hold. There was treachery. Most of the Greeks got away, but the S... Read more
Marathon
Marathon in ancient Greece, the scene of a victory over the Persians in 490 bc; the modern marathon race (strictly one of 26 miles 38 yards or 42.195 km.) is based on the tradition that a messenger ran from Marathon to Athens (22 miles) with the news, dying with the words ‘Greetings, we win!... Read more
phoenix
phoenix fabulous bird that periodically regenerated itself, used in literature as a symbol of death and resurrection. According to legend, the phoenix lived in Arabia; when it reached the end of its life (500 years), it burned itself on a pyre of flames, and from the ashes a new phoenix arose. As a... Read more
prose
prose [Lat. prosa oratio= straightforward, or direct, speech], meaningful and grammatical written or spoken language that does not utilize the metrical structure, word transposition, or rhyme characteristic of poetry or verse; it is, however, raised above the level of lifeless composition or commo... Read more
Tahpanhes
Tahpanhes , Tahapanes , or Tehaphnehes , ancient city, NE Egypt, on Lake Manzala. The site is now on the Suez Canal. Herodotus states that the city (called by the Greeks Daphnae) had a garrison of Psamtik's troops and, in the early 5th cent. BC, a Persian garrison. It was superseded as a port ... Read more
Croesus
Croesus , d. c.547 BC, king of Lydia (560-c.547 BC), noted for his great wealth. He was the son of Alyattes. He continued his father's policy of conquering the Ionian cities of Asia Minor, but on the whole he was friendly to the Greeks, and he is supposed to have given refuge to the Athenian statesm... Read more

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Herodotus
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture HERODOTUS HERODOTUS. Known as the "Father of History," Herodotus (c. 484 – 424 B.C.E.) was born on the southwest coast of Asia Minor in Halicarnassus, which was at that time a Greek-speaking city ruled by Artemisia, queen...
Thucydides
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...burst into tears when he listened to Herodotus recite his History. Thucydides caught...no time mentions his great predecessor Herodotus by name, he does correct a number of passages in Herodotus's History; for example, 1.126...
Aristaeus (ca. sixth century B.C.E.)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...took the shape of a crow. According to Herodotus, in his fourth book, Aristaeus fell...appeared to be a species of vampire. Herodotus added that Aristaeus reappeared at the...raised that were to be seen in the time of Herodotus. So many wonderful happenings inspired...
Darius I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...accession is told most fully by the Greek Herodotus, whose version clearly reflects the...inscription at Behistun. According to Herodotus, Cambyses had had his brother Smerdis...Greece but north toward the Danube. Herodotus recorded that Darius intended to conquer...
Cabiri (or Cabeiri)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...mentioned as powerful magicians, and Herodotus and other writers speak of the Cabiri...them in Egypt. It is not unlikely, as Herodotus supposed, that the cult was Pelasgian...Semitic center. In his book The Egypt of Herodotus (1841), John Kenrick brings forward...
Secret Writing
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security ...writing. In his venerable History, Herodotus described a method of secret writing...Demaratus contrived a clever solution. As Herodotus recorded, Demaratus scraped the wax...receiving a secret message, but according to Herodotus — who qualified his claim with...
Oracles
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...the groves of Dodona. The historian Herodotus (ca. 484-425 B.C.E.) cites...whose priestess she had been in Thebes. Herodotus added that this priestess was called...African oracles were probably connected. Herodotus stated that the manner of prophecy in...
history
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...is with some justice, however, that Herodotus is considered the first historian, because...the actions of people in those events. Herodotus was remarkable, too, for the scope...exactitude, avoiding the digressions of Herodotus; though his attempt at writing a factual...
Leonidas I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...controversy. The chief source is the famous Greek historian, Herodotus, but even here Leonidas is given relatively scant attention...scholars have been forced to critically reexamine each of Herodotus's sentences to reconstruct more telling and at times more...
Delphi
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...persons always received direct answers in the plainest terms. Herodotus told of a successful test of the oracles by Croesus, King...Four oracles entirely failed. Delphi was perfectly right. Herodotus quoted the reply: I can count the sands, and I can measure...

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Herodotus of Halicarnassus
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Herodotus of Halicarnassus ( b . Halicarnassus...x3B7; ), which is the actual title of Herodotus ’ book, means simply “...discussing Pythagoras (fr. 129). Although Herodotus ’ “ inquiry ”...
Herodotus
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Herodotus (5th century bc ), Greek historian. Known as ‘the Father of History’. He was the first historian to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent, and arrange them in a well-constructed and vivid narrative.
Barbarism and Civilization
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...of these ideas begin in ancient Greece. Herodotus and the Barbarians The Greek historian Herodotus (c. 484 – 420 b.c.e...who do not. Barbarians are the latter. Herodotus writes: "But the Greek stock, since ever...
Hecataeus of Miletus
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...to the ruling class of Miletus, since Herodotus quotes him as playing a leading role...Revolt, 499 – 494 b.c. (Herodotus V. 36, 125 – 126 —...example, fragments 102c, 119) and Herodotus (for example, fragments 127, 300...
Rennell, James
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...the works of classical geographers and wrote a commentary on Herodotus. He also acted as geographical adviser to the African Association...1782 and published separately; The Geographical System of Herodotus Examined and Explained … (London, 1800); and...
History, Idea of
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas HISTORY, IDEA OF. "History" began, with Herodotus (5th century b.c.e.), as a form of empirical inquiry...range of reference both in theory and in practice. For Herodotus, history was intended not only to cast light on the customs...
Epicurus
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...apart from fragments of lost works, consist of Letter to Herodotus , which is a summary of his philosophy of nature; Letter...distinguished theoretically but not split off physically ( Letter to Herodotus , 56 – 59). Aristotle ’ s analysis of...
Myths
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...supernatural beings. Until the fifth century BCE, the Greek word mythos was a synonym for logos (word). With Pindar and Herodotus, it came to mean words of illusion; rumor; the speech of others; irrational, barbarous, even scandalous speech (D...
Travel from Europe and the Middle East
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...of Thucydides, use travel as an important thematic element, connecting it with various aspects of conflict. Similarly, Herodotus (c. 484 – c. 424 b.c.e.), in his historical, ethnographic, and geographic compendium, uses travel in...
Education: Europe
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...x2013; 292 b.c.e.) and Aristophanes (c. 450 – c. 388 b.c.e.). He also read the histories of Herodotus (c. 484 – c. 420 b.c.e.), Xenophon (428 – 354 b.c.e.), and Thucydides (c. 460...

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Herodotus and Religion in the Persian Wars.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 6/22/2005; ; 700+ words ; Herodotus and Religion in the Persian Wars. By...Divinity and History: the Religion of Herodotus. Oxford, 2000). Both works set out...scholarship. Historians who have used Herodotus' narrative as their window--essentially...
Herodotus and the Origins of the Political Community: Arion's Leap.
Magazine article from: American Political Science Review; 12/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...she blames for the low repute in which Herodotus came to be held as a thinker. "Aristotle scorned Herodotus' 'ancient' way of thought as chaotically...time to reconsider a still older one. "Herodotus' work offers a new foundation in support...
Herodotus and the Origins of the Political Community: Arion's Leap.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics; 9/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; Thompson, Norma. Herodotus and the Origins of the Political Community...Norma Thompson rests her reading of Herodotus is that man seeks to create community...much about ancient Greece or even Herodotus and his work, as it is about how...
Readable memoir mixed with Herodotus
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press; 6/17/2007; 700+ words ; Travels with Herodotus By Ryszard Kapuscinski Knopf, 275 pages...Histories by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus. This was a seminal event for Kapuscinski...began his lifelong fascination with Herodotus. The close relationship between Kapuscinski...
Divinity and History: The Religion of Herodotus.(Review) (book review)
Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...Divinity and History: The Religion of Herodotus Oxford: Oxford University Press 332...Thomas Harrison, however, argues that Herodotus's ideas about the role of divine forces...divine intervention in human matters. Herodotus accepts the tradition that godly forces...
On the road with an Ancient Greek ; The Man Who Invented History: Travels with Herodotus by Justin Marozzi (John Murray, [pounds]25)
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London; 11/3/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...the fifth century BC Greek historian Herodotus. Who better to take along as travelling...journalist Ryzsard Kapuscinski chose Herodotus as the theme for his final book, a memoir...English translation of his Travels with Herodotus beat Marozzi to the bookshops by more...
Herodotus and the cannibals.
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 6/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; In his 5th-century BC Histories, Herodotus provides us with one of the earliest...references pertaining to cannibalism in Herodotus, review the various theories that have...this cultural motif. The accounts of Herodotus In describing the behaviour of the Androphagoi...
Herodotus.(Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 3/22/2000; ; 700+ words ; Herodotus. By James Romm. (New Haven and London...duties of factual accuracy, and indeed Herodotus' own bona fides (6). Literary charm...impact and unexpected parallels that Herodotus discovered and constructed from his sources...
THE MAN WHO INVENTED HISTORY: TRAVELS WITH HERODOTUS
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald; 11/2/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...MAN WHO INVENTED HISTORY: TRAVELS WITH HERODOTUS By Justin Marozzi John Murray GBP25 PLUTARCH called Herodotus "the father of lies". But one man...master storyteller. To Justin Marozzi, Herodotus is not only the father of history and...
Mikalson, Jon D. Herodotus and Religion in the Persian Wars.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...September 2003 Even casual readers of Herodotus know that the gods figure prominently...United States. As the title indicates, Herodotus and Religion in Persian War has two subjects...religion in the Persian Wars and religion in Herodotus. They are covered in three chapters...