Herodotus

[huh-rod-uh-tuhs]

noun

1. 484?–425? b.c., Greek historian.

Herodotus

/ hɪˈrɒdətəs /

noun

1. called the Father of History. ?485–?425 _bc , Greek historian, famous for his History dealing with the causes and events of the wars between the Greeks and the Persians (490–479)

Herodotus

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1. An ancient Greek historian, often called the father of history. His history of the invasion of Greece by the Persian Empire was the first attempt at narrative history and the beginning of all Western historical writing.

Herodotus

²

1. An ancient Greek historian, often called the father of history. His history of the invasion of Greece by the Persian Empire was the first attempt at narrative history and was the beginning of all Western history writing.

Example Sentences

“At the games they give the runners who start too early a sound thrashing” with a rod, says a Corinthian general in Herodotus’ histories.

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To hear Herodotus tell it, a total solar eclipse in 585 BC ended a five-year war between ancient kingdoms in present-day Turkey.

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So terrified were the warring Lydians and Medes at the arrival of an eclipse in 585 BC, Herodotus tells us, they immediately made peace.

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He was the first to print editions of Aristotle, Thucydides, Herodotus and Sophocles; the first to use italic type; and the first to use the semicolon in its modern sense.

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The earliest known examples show up in The Histories by Herodotus, written in the 5th century BCE.

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