Herodotus
n.
famous Greek historian (approx. 484 B.C-425 B.C) noted for his writings concerning the conflict between Greece and Persia, known as the "Father of History"; lunar crater
Herodotus
Herodotus of
Halicarnassus (
Greek: Hērodotos Halikarnāsseus) was a
Greek historian from Ionia who lived in the
5th century BC (ca.
484 BC–ca.
425 BC) and is regarded as the "Father of
History". He is almost exclusively known for writing
The Histories, a record of his 'inquiries' (or '', a
word that passed into Latin and took on its modern connotation of 'history') into the origins of the
Greco-Persian Wars which occurred in 490 and 480-479 BC — especially since he includes a narrative account of that period, which would otherwise be poorly documented, and many long digressions concerning the various places and peoples he encountered during wide-ranging travels around the lands of the
Mediterranean and
Black Sea. However, his stories were not always completely accurate.
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Herodotus
Herodotus Greek historian of the 5th century BC, often called the "father of history," born in Halicarnassus in
Asia Minor. He traveled over most of the known world of his time, and his great work is a history of the Persian War with Greece (500 to 4799 BC), containing also much information on the knowledge of peoples surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. { }
Herodotus
Noun
1. the ancient Greek known as the father of history; his accounts of the wars between the Greeks and Persians are the first known examples of historical writing (425-485 BC)
(hypernym) historian, historiographer
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