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

Herodotus (c. 484–425 BC, ancient Greek historian) reads his story and is crowned with the laurel wreath. He was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their ...

Peter Green’s many books include a Life of Alexander of Macedon, a history of the Hellenistic age, an account of the Sicilian expedition and translations of Homer, Apollonius Rhodius, Catullus, Ovid ...

You might not know it from the title, but Robert Strassler edited "The Landmark Herodotus" for the everyday reader. The 1,024-page book, which has been published by Bertelsmann AG's Pantheon ...

(Para. 196) Such is the equipment of their bodies: and the customs which are established among them are as follows, the wisest in our opinion being this, which I am informed that the Enetoi in Illyria ...

Herodotus was born a Persian subject sometime between 490 and 484 B.C. in Halicarnassus, in southwestern Asia Minor. He died in the Greek colony of Thurii, in southern Italy, around 425 B.C.