Herodotus: A Very Short Introduction Roberts Jennifer TolbertPaperback
Herodotus: A Very Short Introduction Roberts Jennifer TolbertPaperback Hailed by Cicero as the father of history, Herodotus was both a critical thinker and a lively storyteller, a traveler who was…
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Herodotus: A Very Short Introduction Roberts Jennifer TolbertPaperback
Hailed by Cicero as the father of history, Herodotus was both a critical thinker and a lively storyteller, a traveler who was both tourist and anthropologist. In his hands, the Greeks' unforeseeable defeat of the Persian kings Darius and Xerxes with their vast hosts made for fascinating storytelling. Like Homer, he set out to memorialize great deeds in words, in particular, the wars between Greece and Persia.
This Very Short Introduction introduces readers to what little is known of Herodotus's life and discusses all aspects of his work, including his travels; his interest in seeing the world and learning about non-Greek Influenced by the work of the natural scientists and philosophers of his own and earlier eras, Herodotus also brought his literary talents to bear on a vast, unruly mass of historical information, leaving behind him the longest work that had ever been written in Greek.