Paginec. 484–425 BC · Halicarnassus (now Bodrum, Turkey) · also known as Herodotos
Herodotus, called “the father of history” by Cicero, travelled widely to research his Histories — an account of the wars between the Greeks and the Persian Empire, full of digressions about Egypt, Scythia, strange customs and wonderful stories. Thucydides, who followed him, wrote a sterner history of the Peloponnesian War.
Begin with The Histories.
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Herodotus, called “the father of history” by Cicero, travelled widely to research his Histories — an account of the wars between the Greeks and the Persian Empire, full of digressions about Egypt, Scythia, strange customs and wonderful stories. Thucydides, who followed him, wrote a sterner history of the Peloponnesian War.
The Histories is usually considered Herodotus’s best-known work.
Most readers start with The Histories.
Both refer to the same writer.
Yes — 1 of Herodotus’s books are free to read online in Pagine, the free e-reader and reading tracker.