Herodotus (ca. 485 BC-ca. 425 BC) was the first Greek writer who succeeded in writing a large-scale historical narrative that has survived the passage of time. In the lifetime of Herodotus the writing of history, and indeed of prose of any sort, was...

Herodotus, often called the "Father of History," is the earliest and one of the greatest in the pantheon of ancient Greek prose writers. He was born in the early fifth century B.C., about the time of the Persian invasion of Greece that was a major...

Herodotus Born c. 484 B.C., Halicarnassus, Greece Died c. 425 B.C., Thurii, Greece Herodotus is known as the father of history. His History, an account of the Persian-Greek wars, is considered to be the first attempt at historical writing. Herodotus was...

484-420 (or earlier) B.C. Greek Historian Hailed as the "Father of History," Herodotus wrote the first known prose history in Western literature. Writing at a time when history was still a dubious mix of myth and verse, he gathered...

Herodotus of Halicarnassus (Greek: Ἡρόδοτος Ἁλικαρνᾱσσεύς Hērodotos Halikarnāsseus) was a Greek historian from Ionia who lived in the 5th century BC (ca. 484 BC–ca. 425 BC) and is regarded as the "Father of History". He...

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In the following essay, Evans discusses Herodotus 's treatment of the causes of the Persian invasion of Greece, focusing on the imperialist motives of Xerxes, the fall of Croesus, and the concepts of nomos, aitia and fate that colored Herodotus's account of the Persian Wars.

An English critic and essayist, De Quincey used his own life as the subject of his best-known work, Confessions of an English Opium Eater (1822), in which he chronicled his addiction to opium. He contributed reviews to a number of London journals and earned a reputation as an insightful if occasionally longwinded literary critic. At the time of De Quincey's death, his critical expertise was underestimated, though his talent as a prose writer had long been acknowledged. In the twentieth century, some...

Plutarch was a Greek biographer and essayist on morals whose works achieved their greatest influence during the Renaissance. Here, he takes strong exception to Herodotus, warning his readers to be wary of the superficial appeal and "charm" of Herodotus' historical writing, which, Plutarch claims, is rife with malicious "slanders " and "grotesquely false ideas. " This essay is believed to have been written between the years 105 and 115.