Oxford classical texts herodotus biography

Greek historian and geographer (c–c BC)

For other uses, see Herodotus (disambiguation).

Herodotus^[a] (Ancient Greek: Ἡρόδοτος, romanized:&#;Hēródotos; c.&#;&#;– c.&#; BC) was a Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus (now Bodrum, Turkey), under Persian control in the 5th century BCE, and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy.

Oxford classical texts herodotus biography

He wrote the Histories, a detailed account of the Greco-Persian Wars, and was the first writer to apply a scientific method to historical events. He has been described as "The Father of History", a title conferred on him by the ancient Roman orator Cicero,^[2][3] and the "Father of Lies" by others.

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 back