Stories of the East From Herodotus - Herodotus
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1885. The father of history as Cicero called him, and a writer possessed of remarkable narrative gifts, enormous scope, and considerable charm, Herodotus has always been beloved by readers well versed in the classics. Stories of the East From Herodotus, composed during the Fifth Century BC, is Herodotus's study of the ancient world, and the relationships and conflicts between the Greek and the non-Greek peoples of the Near East, including the expansive Persian Empire, Egypt, and other lands. His histories recounted not only the human and political stories of human activities, but also included…mehr

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1885. The father of history as Cicero called him, and a writer possessed of remarkable narrative gifts, enormous scope, and considerable charm, Herodotus has always been beloved by readers well versed in the classics. Stories of the East From Herodotus, composed during the Fifth Century BC, is Herodotus's study of the ancient world, and the relationships and conflicts between the Greek and the non-Greek peoples of the Near East, including the expansive Persian Empire, Egypt, and other lands. His histories recounted not only the human and political stories of human activities, but also included writings on geography, biology, and ethnography. Contents: The Story of King Croesus; Croesus, Wishing to Make War Against the Persians, Consulteth the Oracles; King Croesus Defeated and the City of Sardis is Taken; Croesus is Saved from Death. Of Lydia, The Lydians, and of Certain Greeks that Dwelt in Asia; The Birth and Bringing Up of Cyrus; Cyrus Overthroweth Astyages, and Taketh the Kingdom to Himself; The City of Babylon. Cyrus Taketh It; Cyrus Maketh War Against the Massagetae and Dieth; Of the Manners of Egyptians; Of Certain Kings of Egypt; Of Certain Other Kings of Egypt; The Persians Conquer Egypt; Cambyses Maketh War Upon the Nations Round About, Is Stricken with Madness, and So Dieth; The False Smerdis is Slain; The Kingdom of Darius; Babylon rebelleth Against the King, and is Taken; King Darius Maketh War Upon the Scythians; and Of the Scythians and Other Nations.
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Herodotus was a Greek historian and geographer who was born in the city of Halicarnassus, which was part of the Persian Empire and is now Bodrum, Turkey. He later moved to Thurii, which is now in the Italian region of Calabria (Italy). The Histories, a detailed account of the Greco-Persian Wars, was written by him. Herodotus has been criticized because his work has "legends and made-up stories." Thucydides, a historian who lived at the same time, said that he made up stories for fun. But Herodotus said that he only wrote about what he could see and hear. Herodotus would have told people about his research by reading it out loud in front of a crowd. In the introduction to the Penguin edition of the Histories, John Marincola says that there are parts of Herodotus's early books that could be called "performance pieces." Thucydides and Herodotus became friends over time, and they became close enough that they were both buried in Thucydides' tomb in Athens.