Herodotus

In the first section of the book, Herodotus’ moral message of history is that good fortune should never be taken for granted as it is always fleeting, because as he states in the first page “human prosperity never abides long in the same place” (Herodotus, 5). The continuing story of Croesus who gave into his greed of wanting a larger and more expansive empire is an example of Herodotus’ message, as Croesus’ empire fell to Cyrus and thus it goes back to the point that human prosperity never…

the manner of drawing lines, Said fabricates his “map” through “Herodotus merely notes particular traits; he is not concerned with the functional, structural, or stylistic coherence of the cultures he describes” (97, Redfield). In regarding the metaphysical, if not imaginary space which fuels the idealized Orient, created through and by the Greek, or Western philosophy, geographically speaking, the division is prevalent in Herodotus’ text, however IV noble savage: does this legitimately…

Greco-Persian wars. These wars would expand over mainland Greece to Attica, where Athenians, Spartans, and members from other city-states would fight victoriously for their land. In Herodotus’ narrative of the Greco-Persian Wars, the Greeks were successful because of geographical knowledge, and a sound defensive strategy. To Herodotus, the Persians wanted power and the Greeks wanted to resist and uphold what was theirs. His depiction of Greek victory reveals how knowledge and strategy,…

likely according to a universal principle. The particular action in a poetic composition is still, of course, particular, but it points to a universal principle, or it is a representation of a universal principle. Aristotle goes on to single out Herodotus, saying that his work would be no less a history than it is now were it written…

The Real, Real Historian In Webster’s Dictionary, a Historian is defined as, “ a writer or computer of history, or as an authority on or specialist in history (863). Thucydides is regularly referred to as the, “Real Father of History.” The exact date of the birth of Thucydides is unknown, it was sometime before the Peloponnesian war had begun. Thucydides was in an elite group of Athenian Men, including Pericles, the athenian Leader of at the beginning of the Peloponnesian War ( Pounce, 9). Once…

Herodotus Histories presents the large scale war between the ancient Greek and the ancient Persia. The book points out two main forms of governments, a democratic government like Athens, and a monarchical government like Persia. Even though, there are many pro and cons about the two forms of government systems in the book, Greek still won the war despite the huge military power disadvantage against the Persia. Clearly, the Greek’s way of life is more effective at war than Persia’s. In ancient…

Oresteia, and the oracle recounted by Herodotus in The Histories. The dream Clytemnestra has is very personal, yet to the audience it reveals attitudes and values present in Athenian culture that might not have been obvious otherwise. In The Histories, the oracle's message relates the larger issues at hand regarding the world, but also offers a glimpse into the way Herodotus sees history. This glimpse lets the audience gain a better perspective on the way that Herodotus structures The Histories,…

Many stories have been turned into movies, however when this happens there are usually several flaws within the movies that do not relate to the story. When the movie 300 was created based upon Herodotus’ account of the War at Thermopylae, there were a few faults within the film; two of the main flaws being, the matter in which Xerxes’ messengers were sent to King Leonidas to request earth and water, with the other key difference being the point of the battle in which the Spartan king Leonidas…

establish that, whereas Herodotus portrays the battle of Salamis as though it occurred directly after the capture of Athens, Aeschylus who fought at the battle of Salamis potrays it from the Persian viewpoint and provides different information compared to Herodotus. The battle of Salamis was a naval battle that fought between the Greece city and Persia. The battle of Salamis marked the main point of the Second Persian time and it was the most significant battle in history. Herodotus…

different people's perspectives. Think about how in modern news the same thing could be covered by two different medias and be portrayed as two different things. Just look at Fox news and CNN. Herodotus and Tacitus are FOX and CNN. What they documented is what was beneficial to their views not the “opponents”. Herodotus wouldn’t make the Persians out to be drunken perverts if he didn’t want people to think poorly of them. Tacitus wouldn’t emphasize that the Germanic people were big and…