Herodotus

first literary art form regarding the preservation of historical events can be traced back to accent Grease, and more specifically Herodotus. Author of The Croesus Logos, Herodotus founded the significant notion of writing down human events, in hopes of preventing them from being erased with time. Establishing a milestone of such immensity in 440BC has left Herodotus named the “Father of History”. The impact caused by breaking from Homeric tradition, and instead regarding events though a process…

that caused them to underestimate the Greeks and their military skills and the hubris of Xerxes that arises from viewing himself equal to a god, which contributes to the Persian god bringing about the downfall of the army at the Battle of Salamis. Herodotus also shows the superiority of Persian military numbers and how the overconfidence in those numbers that arise from satiety and hubris lead to the Persians underestimating the Greeks. Xerxes is also depicted by others as above other mortals,…

Herodotus set forth his History as an inquiry into the lives of the Greeks and barbarians to find some kind of causation to the events that transcribed during his lifetime. Herodotus focused mainly on the peoples' lives and their different religions. In referencing the Greeks' religion, Herodotus often incorporates Homer as one of the early theologians in his epic poetry. As the Athenians identify with Athena, Homer's writing instills a great sense of nationalism in the people. This nationalism,…

burned man from before and after his accident. He is being cared for by a nurse named Hana at Villa San Girolamo in an italian monastery after the area had been bombed. His only possession is an old and heavily annotated copy of The Histories by Herodotus. Hana would read to him out loud it gives him vivid memories of traveling through the desert, but he cannot remember his name. He believes others assume he is an englishman based on the sound of his voice. The patient is actually is László de…

Herodotus, the Greek historian is known for being the “father of history.” Well known for a unique style of writing, Herodotus uses analytical value in his writings, while saying different opinions. His trips from Athens, Egypt, Asian Minor and the region of Europe provide him information on the accounts of the people in Greece and Persia. In “The Histories” Herodotus describes the life, conflicts, and events of Greece, Asia, and Egypt. Herodotus spent a majority of his life writing this book…

Herodotus is telling “history,” and it appears as though he at least attempts to be impartial with how he presents the information. In this section of reading, Herodotus’ moral seems to sandwich all of the anecdotes, starting with Proteus. Herodotus introduces Proteus as a reasonably fair king, writing that when Proteus found out that Paris had seduced Helen and then ran off with her and some of Menelaus’ valuables, he sent for Paris to be arrested and took possession of Helen and the other…

In Herodotus’ The Histories, after Xerxes pours a libation in a golden cup before crossing the bridge, Herodotus states: “But I cannot judge for certain whether he let these sink…as offerings to the sun…or whether he presented them to the sea in repentance” (7.54.3). Herodotus refuses to offer his definite opinion of Xerxes. By giving these two options, Herodotus leaves it to the audience to judge whether Xerxes offered the libations to the sun or to the sea in repentance. Further, by neither…

Herodotus, in his work, The Histories, describes the leaders of the two combatant coalitions in the Persian War, Themistocles of the Greeks and Xerxes of the Persians, in very different ways. Herodotus often points to how both men handle council and their own piety as a tool to depict what kind of men they are, and at times reinforces his own generalizations of the Greek and Persian people using these men as his proxy. Herodotus seems to accept the idea that men, as individuals, can shape great…

As Herodotus is known to be the progenitor of “Orientalism,” to which Munson elucidates the interlocking Herodotean components, operating in his theory of ethnicity. Availing the The Bacchae by Euripides, Said argues in his spilt thesis that: “The two aspects of the Orient that set it off from the West in this pair of plays will remain essential motifs of European imaginative geography. A line is drawn between two continents. Europe is powerful and articulate; Asia is defeated and distant,” and,…

invasion by the Persians upon Naxos. There exists a discord between the reports of Herodotus and todays modern historians in regards to the immediate catalyst responsible for this war, were the former states that it was Aristagoras who planned the invasion, whilst the latter disagree with this conception by placing more emphasis…