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Herodotus

Also known as Herodotus of Halicarnassus, Father of History, Herodotos

Herodotus (; BC) was a Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus (now Bodrum, Turkey), under Persian control in the 5th century BC, and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy. He wrote the Histories, a detailed account of the Greco-Persian Wars, among other subjects such as the rise of the Achaemenid dynasty of Cyrus. He has been described as "The Father of History", a title conferred on him by the ancient Roman orator Cicero.

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Herodotus was a Greek historian from Halicarnassus who wrote the *Histories*, a detailed account of the Greco-Persian Wars and related topics like the rise of the Achaemenid dynasty. He is widely regarded as "The Father of History" because of his pioneering work in recording and documenting historical events.

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“Ἡροδότου Ἁλικαρνησσέος ἱστορίης ἀπόδεξις ἥδε, ὡς μήτε τὰ γενόμενα ἐξ ἀνθρώπων τῷ χρόνῳ ἐξίτηλα γένηται, μήτε ἔργα μεγάλα τε καὶ θωμαστά, τὰ μὲν Ἕλλησι τὰ δὲ βαρβάροισι ἀποδεχθέντα, ἀκλεᾶ γένηται, τά τε ἄλλα καὶ δι᾽ ἣν αἰτίην ἐπολέμησαν ἀλλήλοισι.”
“I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.”
“Men trust their ears less than their eyes.”
“In peace sons bury fathers, but in war fathers bury sons.”
“It was a kind of Cadmean victory.”
“I am going to talk at some length about Egypt, because it has very many remarkable features and has produced more monuments which beggar description than anywhere else in the world.”

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Person.name: Herodotus
Person.native_name: Ἡρόδοτος
Person.native_name_lang: grc
Person.image: Marble bust of Herodotos MET DT11742 (cropped).jpg
Person.caption: A Roman copy (2nd century AD) of a Greek bust of Herodotus from the first half of the 4th century BC
Person.birth_place: Halicarnassus, Caria, Asia Minor, Achaemenid Empire
Person.death_date:  BC (aged approx. 59)
Person.death_place: Thurii, Calabria, or Pella, Macedon
Person.occupation: Historian
Person.notable_works: Histories

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Citizenship: Halicarnassus
Place of birth: Halicarnassus
Image: Marble bust of Herodotos MET DT11742 (cropped).jpg

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Commons category: Herodotus
date of birth: 0484-01-01
date of death: 0425-01-01
name in native language: Ἡρόδοτος Ἁλικαρνᾱσσεύς
Commons Creator page: Herodotus
P8168: ATC code C
P12749: Claudia Crawford
significant place: Halicarnassus

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Herodoti Halicarnassei Historiae Libri IX. Et De Vita Homeri Libellus

Herodotos. 2, Buch III und IV

Herodotos. 1, Buch I und II

Herodoti Musae sive historiarum libri IX. 8

Historiarvm Libri IX [Texto impreso] : IX Mvsarvm nominibus inscripti

Herodoti Historiae. 2

Herodotos. 2, Buch 3 und 4

Herodoti Halicarnassei Historia, siue Historiarvm Libri IX :qui inscribuntur Musae ; Ex velustis exemplaribus recogniti. Ctesiae Qvaedam = Herodotu Tu Halikarnasseōs Historia, ē Historiōn Logoi 9 : epigraphontai Musai

Herodotus of Halikarnaß story. 10

Hērodotu Historiēs apodexis. 4

Herodoti Musae sive historiarum libri IX. 5,1, Adnotationes : ad lib. I - II

Herodotu Halikarnesseos Historiōn logoi th '. 1

Roma, Biblioteca Angelica, Manoscritti greci, Ang. gr. 83

Herodotus

Herodoti Historia Laur. Valla interprete

Herodotus Laurentio Valla interprete

Herodoti Halicarnessei Historiarum libri IX [Texto impreso] ;]adiectus est libellus De vita Homeri ... : tomus I[-III]

Les histoires, mises en françois [Texto impreso]

Erodoto Alicarnasseo [Texto impreso] :]Tomo I [-Tomo II] : dedicato a s.e. il signor don Baldassare Odescalchi ...

Herodoti historiarum.. Libri IX

Les histoires [Printed text]

Herodotus history. 1

Herodoti historiarum libri novem :accedit libellus de vita Homeri et index historicus. 2

Herodotus history. 6.2, Larcher’s geographic dictionary

Herodotus of Halikarnaß story. 2

Herodoti Halicarnassei Orationes, conciones, sermocinationes et epistolae

Herodoti historiarum libri novem: accedit libellus de vita Homeri et index historicus. 3

Herodotos. 1,1, Buch 1 : Einleitung und Übersicht des Dialektes

Herodoti Musae sive historiarum libri IX. 6.1, Adnotationes: ad lib. V - VII

Herodoti Halicarnassei Historiarum Libri IX. 3

Herodoti Musae sive historiarum libri IX. 5,2, Adnotationes : ad lib. III - IV

The Muscles of the Herodotus of Halikarnassus. 1st, Clio

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Contents

Life
Childhood
Early travels
Later life
Author and orator
Place in history
Predecessors
Contemporary and modern critics
See also
Critical editions
Translations
Notes
References
Sources
Further reading
External links

The Histories primarily cover the lives of prominent kings and famous battles such as Marathon, Thermopylae, Artemisium, Salamis, Plataea, and Mycale. His work deviates from the main topics to provide a cultural, ethnographical, geographical, and historiographical background that forms an essential part of the narrative and provides readers with a wellspring of additional information.