Herodotus: “Histories”
Born in Halicarnassus in the 5th century BCE, Herodotus wrote the first narrative history, attempting to ensure “that things done by man” would “not be forgotten in time” (Hdt. 1.1.0). Herodotus’s Histories, organised into nine books, covers the years 650-497 BCE and notably explores the Greco-Persian wars. Herodotus was interested in the cause of the animosity … Read more