Herodotus

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Herodotus of Halicarnassus was a Greek historian from Ionia who lived in the 5th century BCE (ca. 484 BCE–ca. 425 BCE) and is regarded as the "Father of History:" As he was the first to use the term. He is almost exclusively known for writing The Histories, a record of his 'inquiries' (or ἱστορίαι, 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 BCE — 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, some of...more

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Average rating: 3.95 · 7,385 ratings · 426 reviews · 244 distinct works

	The Histories by Herodotus, Aubrey De Sélincourt (Translator), John M. Marincola (Editor, Introduction, Notes) 3.95 avg rating — 6,920 ratings — published -429 — 120 editions	My rating:
	The Persian War by Herodotus, William Shepard, William Shepherd (Translator) 4.10 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1942 — 19 editions	My rating:
	Herodotus 7-9 3.65 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1973 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories 4.21 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Snakes with Wings and Gold-digging Ants (Great Journeys) by Herodotus, Aubrey de Selincourt (Translator), John Marincola (Revised by) 3.65 avg rating — 34 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Xerxes Invades Greece by Herodotus, Aubrey de Selincourt (Translator), John Marincola (Revised by) 3.92 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Selections from Herodotus by Herodotus, Amy L. Barbour (Editor, Introduction) 4.00 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1977 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Herodotus 1-2 4.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1920	My rating:
	An Account of Egypt 3.48 avg rating — 21 ratings — 35 editions	My rating:
	The Persian Wars 3-4 by Herodotus, A.D. Godley (Translator) 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1921 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Ιστορίαι (2 books)
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“In Peace, Sons bury their Fathers. In War, Fathers bury their Sons.”
― Herodotus

tags: war

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“No one is so foolish as to prefer war to peace, in which, instead of sons burying their fathers, fathers bury their sons.”
― Herodotus, The Histories

tags: peace , war

54 people liked it

“Of all men’s miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.”
― Herodotus, The Histories

tags: power-helplessness

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