Herodotus, Philosophical collection

Herodotus was a Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus, Caria (modern-day Bodrum, Turkey) and lived in the fifth century BC (c. 484-425 BC). Widely referred to as "The Father of History" (first conferred by Cicero), he was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically and critically, and then to arrange them into a historiographic narrative. The Histories-his masterpiece and the only work he is known to have produced-is a record of his "inquiry" (orhistor?a, a word that passed into Latin and acquired its modern meaning of "history"), being an investigation of the origins of the Greco-Persian Wars and including a wealth of geographical and ethnographical information. Although some of his stories were fanciful and others possibly inaccurate, he claimed he was reporting only what had been told to him. Little is known of his personal history. In this book: The History Of Herodotus, Volume 1 (of 2) The History Of Herodotus, Volume 2 (of 2) An Account of Egypt

Author: George Campbell Macaulay

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Jul 27, 2014

Number of Pages: 364 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1500657905

ISBN-13: 9781500657901