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Herodotus
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Herodotus (
c.480–
c.425 bc), a Greek historian, often known as the ‘father of history’ since he was the first to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy as far as he was able, and arrange them agreeably. His work, the first masterpiece of Greek prose, takes as its main theme the struggle between Asia and Europe which culminated in the Persian invasions of Greece. His ‘fabulosities’, as Sir T.
Browne called them, provided material for miscellanists like
Painter (1566, 1567),
Landor,
Beddoes in
Death's Jest Book, and for M.
Arnold's ‘Mycerinus’ (1849).
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THEN AND NOW Journey With Herodotus
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/11/2009; 700+ words
; ...town on the Aegean Sea; at the time Herodotus was born there, it was known as Halicarnassus. Herodotus wrote: "One of the mercenaries of Amasis...other brief mentions of Halicarnassus, Herodotus never writes of his birthplace. Update...
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Herodotus and Sima Qian: History and the Anthropological Turn in Ancient Greece and Han China *.
Magazine article from: Journal of World History; 3/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...presents a comparative investigation of Herodotus and Sima Qian with a focus on their ethnographies...the rationality of foreign cultures. Herodotus and Sima Qian combined an incipient cultural...former Han dynasty in China, and in Herodotus's Histories (Inquiries, written ca...
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The Tragedy in History: Herodotus and the Deuteronomistic History
Magazine article from: Journal of Biblical Literature; 7/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; The Tragedy in History: Herodotus and the Deuteronomistic History...objective of this book is to compare Herodotus's history of ancient Greece and...Freedman, The Relationship between Herodotus' History and the Primary History...
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Herodotus
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Herodotus Herodotus (ca. 484 B.C.-ca. 425 B.C.) was the first Greek writer...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...
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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 ”...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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