December 20th Egypt Visited by the First Reporter Herodotus (c. 484–425 BC), An Account of Egypt: Being the Second Book of His Histories Called Euterpe. Vol. 33 pp. 7-17 of The Harvard Classics All phases of life were pictured by Herodotus in his history. Like a modern newspaper reporter, he combines weird stories, scandals, and battle accounts with descriptions of places, persons, and sights about town.
