Herodotus tended to put his political philosophies into the mouths of historical figures such as Miltiades. He condensed his ...

Herodotus reported on the annual flooding of the Nile, and speculates on what caused it. He notes the astonishing growth of crocodiles: “No mortal creature of all which we know grows from so small a ...

Known as the grandfather of history, Herodotus was ancient Greek scholar wrote at length about the ancient world, including details of the Great Pyramid’s construction, however the accuracy or ...

Herodotus himself was largely pro-democracy, but his Constitutional Debate doesn’t endorse one form of government. Instead, it highlights principles of good leadership.

Herodotus took over from Hecataeus the Spartan king lists which were compiled some time during the reign of Demaratus (c. 510-491 B.C.). In order to give the genealogies of Leonidas and Leotychides, ...

A. E. Wardman, Herodotus on the Cause of the Greco-Persian Wars: (Herodotus, I, 5), The American Journal of Philology, Vol. 82, No. 2 (Apr., 1961), pp. 133-150 ...

NOVA: The Greek historian Herodotus claimed in 500 B.C. that 100,000 people built the pyramids, and yet modern Egyptologists believe the figure to be more like 20,000 to 30,000.