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Herodotus | | Birth Date: |
c. 485 B.C. | | Death Date: |
c. 425 B.C. | | Place of Birth: |
Halicarnassus, Greece | | Place of Death: |
Thurii, Italy | | Nationality: |
Greek | | Gender: |
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 Biography of Herodotus
1,364 words, approx. 5 pages
 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... summary from source:
Biography of Herodotus
5,681 words, approx. 19 pages
 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... 
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Herodotus Summary
862 words, approx. 3 pagesHerodotus 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... summary from source:
 Herodotus Summary
624 words, approx. 2 pages484-420 (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... summary from source:
 Herodotus Information
1,972 words, approx. 7 pages
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 "<i>Father of...
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 AP News Kapuscinski's reportage remembered
1/24/2007: 994 words, approx. 3 pagesRyszard Kapuscinski's chief metier was Africa and Latin America in the throes of violent revolution. As a roving foreign correspondent for Poland's state press agency for more than two decades, he likely witnessed more tumult than any of his peers.But Kapuscinski, who died Tuesday at... summary from source:
The New York Observer Anderson Cooper, Dan Rather Jr., Emotes in Sri Lanka
1/9/2005: 2,028 words, approx. 7 pagesAgainst a mise-en-scène of blue surf, swaying palm trees and a tsunami-flayed beach, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper looked like Jim Caviezel in the Terrence Malick epic The Thin Red Line-an earnest soldier gone AWOL in a remote, tropical hell, searching for meaning in a cruel,...
 Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by J. A. S. Evans
13,369 words, approx. 45 pages
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.
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Critical Essay by Thomas De Quincey
5,462 words, approx. 18 pages
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... summary from source:
Critical Essay by Plutarch
2,313 words, approx. 8 pages
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.
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