Herodotus

Herodotus (; BC) was a Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus (now Bodrum, Turkey), under Persian control in the 5th century BC, and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy. He wrote the Histories, a detailed account of the Greco-Persian Wars, among other subjects such as the rise of the Achaemenid dynasty of Cyrus. He has been described as "The Father of History", a title conferred on him by the ancient Roman orator Cicero.

work by Herodotus

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painting by William Etty

Gelonus () was, according to Herodotus, the capital of the Gelonians.

painting by Gerard David

mythical insect

proverbially blessed ancient Athenian

Persian judge, son of Sisamnes

524 BC disappearance of a Persian army

painting by Edwin Long

Otanes (Old Persian: Utāna, ) is a name given to several figures that appear in the Histories of Herodotus. One or more of these figures may be the same person.

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