21. The History Of Herodotus — Volume 2 By Herodotus - Project Gutenberg Etext at Project Gutenberg. http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2456

Main Page Mobile Version Search Start Page Offline Catalogs My Bookmarks ... Donate to PG The history of Herodotus — Volume 2 by Herodotus Bibrec Download QR Code Twitter Bibliographic Record Author Herodotus, 480? BCE-420? BCE Translator Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell), 1852-1915 Title The history of Herodotus — Volume 2 Language English LoC Class D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere LoC Class PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature Subject History, Ancient Subject Greece History To 146 B.C. Category Text EBook-No. Release Date Jan 1, 2001 Public domain in the USA. Downloads Related Books Readers also downloaded… Read This Book Online Read this ebook online... Download This eBook Available Formats Format Size Mirror Sites HTML 24 kB mirror sites EPUB 344 kB Kindle 557 kB Plucker 468 kB QiOO Mobile 358 kB Plain Text UTF-8 836 kB More Files… mirror sites QR Code If you scan this code with your mobile phone and appropriate software installed, it will open the phone browser to the mobile version of this page. Explain this Twitter (experimental) to hear about new ebooks posted at Project Gutenberg.

22. Herodotus - History For Kids! Herodotus ancient Greek historian of the 400's BC, who wrote about the Persian Wars. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/literature/herodotus.htm

Herodotus - ancient Greek historian of the 400's BC, who wrote about the Persian Wars. Herodotus Herodotus has been called the "father of history." He was the first writer that we know of (probably really the first) who tried to (in his own words) find out what had happened in the past "so that what people did will be remembered later, so that the great and admirable monuments that the Greeks and the barbarians made would be famous, and, among other things, to write down the reasons why they had a war." Herodotus was born around 485 BC in Turkey, in a Greek town called Halicarnassus. Like other writers of his time, Herodotus was from a rich family, and always had plenty of money himself. He was able to go to school , and he learned all the works of Homer as a boy. The most important thing that happened while Herodotus was a child was that the Persians and the Greeks fought a war. The Persians conquered Herodotus' own hometown of Halicarnassus shortly before he was born, but when they attacked Athens and Sparta , in mainland Greece, they were defeated. Everybody was surprised that Athens and Sparta had been able to defeat the

23. Herodotus Links and information on ancient Greece people. Herodotus The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence 1. http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/People/Herodotus/

24. Herodotus (Greek Historian) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia Herodotus (Greek historian), 484 bc?Halicarnassus, Asia Minor now Bodrum, Tur.?430–420Greek author of the first great narrative history produced in the ancient world, the http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/263507/Herodotus

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25. Classical Writing Herodotus In 9th grade and up, the students study Herodotus, which covers the progymnasmata of Confirmation, Refutation, and Commonplace. The mascot for this book is Herodotus, the http://www.classicalwriting.com/Herodotus.htm

Book V: Herodotus Progymnasmata Confirmation, Refutation, and Commonplace ~ 9th grade Theory The Herodotus Books ... Frequently Asked Questions In 9th grade and up, the students study Herodotus , which covers the progymnasmata of Confirmation, Refutation, and Commonplace. The mascot for this book is Herodotus, the Greek father of history with his vivid narratives of Egypt and the Persian Wars. Argumentative essay writing and analysis is the focus of Herotodus, arguing for and against the likelihood that a certain account is accurately recalled, as well as arguing for and against different issues. Students who complete Herodotus will have received writing instruction which is at least on par with a standard K-12 writing scope and sequence. The literary models used in this book include selections from Herodotus’ Histories , the Greek myths, Athanasius’ On the Incarnation of the Word of God , Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People , and Aeschylus’ trilogy The Oresteia , just to mention a few. The weekly reading schedule suggests that the student read through many of these classic works during the course of the school year. This book is also appropriate for two semesters of literature and writing at the high school level.

26. Herodotus: Information From Answers.com The noun has one meaning Meaning 1 the ancient Greek known as the father of history; his accounts of the wars between the Greeks and Persians are the first known examples http://www.answers.com/topic/herodotus-wordnet

27. Herodotus - Jatland Wiki Jatland.com featuring Jat History, Matrimonials for Jats, Jat matrimonial, Jatland wiki, Jatland forums, Haryanavi Music, Arya Samaj http://www.jatland.com/home/Herodotus

Register Help Remember Me? Forum Wiki What's New? Games/Arcade ... Wiki Herodotus If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Not a member? Please register for the members area to access all features such as posting rights, memberlist, chat etc. Please note that the site is focussed on Hindu Jats only at this time. Existing member? You need to log in before you can access your account and post messages and read/send private messages. If you are having a problem with logging in, make sure you delete your browser's cookies and temporary internet files If you have forgotten your username or password, click here Herodotus From Jatland Wiki Jump to: navigation search Reconstruction of the Oikumene (inhabited world) Ancient Map from Herodotus circa 450 BC Herodotus (c. 484 BC - c. 425 BC) of Halicarnassus (Hindi: हिरोडोटस, Greek: Ἡρόδοτος Ἁλικαρνᾱσσεύς Hēródotos Halikarnāsseús) was a Greek historian who lived in the 5th century BC (c. 484 BC–c. 425 BC) and is regarded as the "Father of History" in Western culture. He was the first historian to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent, and arrange them in a well constructed and vivid narrative.

28. Ancient History Sourcebook: Herodotus: Customs Of The Persians Paper by Herodotus. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/herodotus-persians.html

Back to Ancient History Sourcebook Ancient History Sourcebook: Herodotus: On The Customs of the Persians, c. 430 BCE Now the Persian nation is made up of many tribes. Those which Cyrus assembled and persuaded to revolt from the Medes were the principal ones on which all the others are dependent. These are the Pasargadae, the Maraphians, and the Maspians, of whom the Pasargadae are the noblest. The Achaemenidae, from which spring all the Perseid kings, is one of their clans. The rest of the Persian tribes are the following: the Panthialaeans, the Derusiaeans, the Germanians, who are engaged in husbandry; the Daans, the Mardians, the Dropicans, and the Sagartians, who are nomads. The customs which I know the Persians to observe are the following: they have no images of the gods, no temples nor altars, and consider the use of them a sign of folly. This comes, I think, from their not believing the gods to have the same nature with men, as the Greeks imagine. Their wont, however, is to ascend the summits of the loftiest mountains, and there to offer sacrifice to Zeus, which is the name they give to the whole circuit of the firmament. They likewise offer to the sun and moon, to the earth, to fire, to water, and to the winds. These are the only gods whose worship has come down to them from ancient times. At a later period they began the worship of Urania, which they borrowed from the Arabians and Assyrians. Mylitta is the name by which the Assyrians know this goddess, whom the Arabians call Alitta, and the Persians Mitra.

29. Herodotus HyperHistory offers accurate, cited, wellwritten essays and biographies with biblical perspective. http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/bios/b2herodotus.htm

Web hyperhistory.net 1200+ essays! Essays Comparative Change over Time Biographies World History ... Free Class Jesus is alive and God is in control! HistoryTour.net Herodotus c.274-337 The Father of History? by Rit Nosotro First Published:: 2003 According to the Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Classical World "Few historians have equaled Herodotus as writers.he accomplished an attractive history, swiftly told and read, with fascinating character portrayals, dramatic passages and moments of insight into the deep forces of human life." Herodotus was the first man to use investigation and research to write history. For this reason he has been dubbed the "father of history." He is known for his Histories , in which he tells about the history, customs and people of the lands he visited. The main theme of his work is the conflict between East and West. Besides being the first historical work written using research, it is important as the first long work in Greek prose and is confirmation the historical reliability of the Bible. Herodotus was born in c. 484 in Halicarnassus in modern southwestern Turkey. To be born at this time and place meant to be born under the great Persian Empire. According to A. R. Burn growing up in this environment "may have helped to foster the breadth of vision with which Herodotus surveys the great conflict [The Persian Wars] from both sides."

30. Ancient History Sourcebook: Herodotus: Xerxes Invades Greece, From The Histories A selection from The Histories. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/herodotus-xerxes.html

Back to Ancient History Sourcebook Ancient History Sourcebook: Herodotus: Xerxes Invades Greece, from The Histories In this section, Herodotus relates the invasion of the Greek mainland by the Persian king Xerxes in 480 B.C. According to this account, what are the differences between the Greeks and the Persians? After Egypt was subdued, Xerxes, being about to take in hand the expedition against Athens, called together an assembly of the noblest Persians to learn their opinions, and to lay before them his own designs. So, when the men were met, the king spake thus to them:- For thus, if what I hear be true, affairs stand: the nations whereof I have spoken, once swept away, there is no city, no country left in all the world, which will venture so much as to withstand us in arms. By this course then we shall bring all mankind under our yoke, alike those who are guilty and those who are innocent of doing us wrong. For yourselves, if you wish to please me, do as follows: when I announce the time for the army to meet together, hasten to the muster with a good will, every one of you; and know that to the man who brings with him the most gallant array I will give the gifts which our people consider the most honourable. This then is what ye have to do. But to show that I am not self-willed in this matter, I lay the business before you, and give you full leave to speak your minds upon it openly." Xerxes, having so spoken, held his peace.

31. Herodotus: Facts, Discussion Forum, And Encyclopedia Article I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Herodotus

Home Discussion Topics Dictionary ... Login Herodotus Herodotus Topic Home Discussion Quotations Definition Discussion Ask a question about ' Herodotus Start a new discussion about ' Herodotus Answer questions from other users Full Discussion Forum Quotations I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place Book 1, Ch.5 Men trust their ears less than their eyes. Book 1, Ch. 8 In peace sons bury fathers, but in war fathers bury sons. Book 1, Ch. 87 It was a kind of Cadmean victory. Book 1, Ch. 166 I am going to talk at some length about Egypt, because it has very many remarkable features and has produced more monuments which beggar description than anywhere else in the world. Book 2, Ch. 35 From great wrongdoing there are great punishments from the gods. Book 2, Ch. 120 If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it. Book 2, Ch. 173 It is better to be envied than pitied. Book 3, Ch. 52 Force has no place where there is need of skill. Book 3, Ch. 127

32. Ancient History Sourcebook: Herodotus: Mummification, From The Histories An excerpt from Herodotus s The Histories. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/herodotus-mummies.html

Back to Ancient History Sourcebook Ancient History Sourcebook: Herodotus: Mummification, from The Histories Link to A CT Scan image of a Mummy If persons wish to avoid expense, and choose the second process, the following is the method pursued:- Syringes are filled with oil made from the cedar-tree, which is then, without any incision or disembowelling, injected into the abdomen. The passage by which it might be likely to return is stopped, and the body laid in natrum the prescribed number of days. At the end of the time the cedar-oil is allowed to make its escape; and such is its power that it brings with it the whole stomach and intestines in a liquid state. The natrum meanwhile has dissolved the flesh, and so nothing is left of the dead body but the skin and the bones. It is returned in this condition to the relatives, without any further trouble being bestowed upon it. The third method of embalming, which is practised in the case of the poorer classes, is to clear out the intestines with a clyster, and let the body lie in natrum the seventy days, after which it is at once given to those who come to fetch it away. Source: Herodotus.

33. Herodotus Herodotus. Born c. 484 BC Birthplace Bodrum, Turkey Died c, 425 BC Location of death Bodrum, Turkey Cause of death unspecified. Gender Male Religion Pagan http://www.nndb.com/people/828/000087567/

This is a beta version of NNDB Search: All Names Living people Dead people Band Names Book Titles Movie Titles Full Text for Herodotus Born: c. 484 BC Birthplace: Bodrum, Turkey Died: c, 425 BC Location of death: Bodrum, Turkey Cause of death: unspecified Gender: Male Religion: Pagan Race or Ethnicity: White Occupation: Historian Nationality: Ancient Greece Executive summary: The Histories Of the education of Herodotus no more can be said than that it was thoroughly Greek, and embraced no doubt the three subjects essential to a Greek liberal education grammar, gymnastic training and music. His studies would be regarded as completed when he attained the age of eighteen, and took rank among the ephebi or eirenes of his native city. In a free Greek state he would at once have begun his duties as a citizen, and found therein sufficient employment for his growing energies. But in a city ruled by a tyrant this outlet was wanting; no political life worthy of the name existed. Herodotus may thus have had his thoughts turned to literature as furnishing a not unsatisfactory career, and may well have been encouraged in his choice by the example of Panyasis, who had already gained a reputation by his writings when Herodotus was still an infant. At any rate it is clear from the extant work of Herodotus that he must have devoted himself early to the literary life, and commenced that extensive course of reading which renders him one of the most instructive as well as one of the most charming of ancient writers. The poetical literature of Greece was already large; the prose literature was more extensive than is generally supposed; yet Herodotus shows an intimate acquaintance with the whole of it. The

34. Herodotus, The Histories, Book 1, Chapter 1, Section 0 The Histories printed on the Internet, available in Greek or English. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0126&loc=1.1

35. Herodotus - Crystalinks Herodotus . Herodotus of Halicarnassus was a historian who lived in the 5th century BC (484 BCca. 425 BC). He is famous for his writings on the conflict between Greece and http://www.crystalinks.com/herodotus.html

Herodotus Herodotus of Halicarnassus was a historian who lived in the 5th century BC (484 BC-ca. 425 BC). He is famous for his writings on the conflict between Greece and Persia, as well as the descriptions he wrote of different places and people he met on his travels. Herodotus wrote A History of the Persian Wars. Herodotus' invention earned him the title "The Father of History" and the word he used for his achievement, historie, which previously had meant simply "inquiry", passed into Latin and took on its modern connotation of "history" or "story". His nickname was given to him by Cicero. Conversely, however, many historians and philosophers who take a more sceptical view of Herodotus' accounts and narratives have a different name for him, dubbing him "The Father of Lies" or "the deceiver." In many cases, Herodotus, unsure of the exact history, would give the most prominent competing historical accounts of a particular event or region, and then express his opinion as to which he believed was accurate, with an explanation of why. The Histories were often attacked in the ancient world for bias, inaccuracy, and plagiarism. Similar attacks have been made by several modern scholars, who argue that Herodotus exaggerated the extent of his travels and fabricated sources. Respect for his accuracy has increased in the last half century, however, and he is now recognized not only as a pioneer in history but in ethnography and anthropology as well.Herodotus has passed to us information current in his own day: he reports that the annual flooding of the Nile was said to be the result of melting snows far to the south, and comments that he cannot understand how there can be snow in the hottest part of the world.

36. Ancient History Sourcebook: Herodotus: On The Kings Of Sparta, C. 430 BCE A portion of the book The History of the Persian Wars, c. 430 B.C.E. as written by Herodotus. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/herodotus-sparta1.html

Back to Ancient History Sourcebook Ancient History Sourcebook: Herodotus: On the Kings of Sparta, c. 430 BCE From The History of the Persian Wars , Book VI, ''56-60 The kings alone give decision on the following cases only, that is to say, about the maiden who inherits her father's property, namely who ought to have her, if her father have not betrothed her to anyone, and about public ways; also if any man desires to adopt a son, he must do it in presence of the kings: and it is ordained that they shall sit in council with the elders, who are in number twenty-eight, and if they do not come, those of the elders who are most closely related to them shall have the privileges of the kings and give two votes besides their own, making three in all. These rights have been assigned to the kings for their lifetime by the Spartan state; and after they are dead horsemen go round and announce that which has happened throughout the whole of the Spartan land, and in the city women go about and strike upon a copper kettle. Whenever this happens so, two free persons of each household must go into mourning, a man and a woman, and for those who fail to do this great penalties are prescribed.... a certain number of the perioiki are compelled to go to the funeral ceremony: and when there have been gathered together of these and of the helots and of the Spartans themselves many thousands in the same place, with their women intermingled, they beat their foreheads with a good will and make lamentation without stint, saying that this one who had died last of their kings has been killed in war, they prepare an image to represent him, laid upon a couch with fair coverings, and carry it out to be buried. Then after they have buried him, no assembly is held among them for ten days, nor is there any meeting for choice of magistrates, but they have mourning during these days.

37. Herodotus - New World Encyclopedia Herodotus of Halicarnassus (in Greek, Ἡρόδοτος Ἁλικαρνᾱσσεύς, Herodotos Halikarnasseus) was a Dorian Greek historian who lived in the fifth century B.C http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Herodotus

Herodotus From New World Encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Previous (Herodias) Next (Heron) Bust of Herodotus Herodotus of Halicarnassus (in Greek Herodotos Halikarnasseus ) was a Dorian Greek historian who lived in the fifth century B.C.E. B.C.E. B.C.E. ) Dubbed "the father of history" by the Roman orator Cicero , he was the author of the first narrative history produced in the ancient world. The Histories was a collection of 'inquiries' (or ' ', a word which passed into Latin and took on its modern connotation of 'history'), in nine volumes, about the places and peoples he encountered during his wide-ranging travels around the Mediterranean The theme for this work, stately boldly by the author in the Prologue, was "to preserve the memory of the past by putting on record the astonishing achievements both of the Greek and the non-Greek peoples; and more particularly, to show how the two races came into conflict." Herodotus' intention to preserve the memory of the past as a salutary, objective record, rather than a self-serving annal in the defense of a political regime, was a landmark achievement. His work advanced historical study as an objective discipline rather than partisan exercise and anticipated the work of his younger, more rigorous, contemporary, Thucydides The study of history is critical to humanity's self-knowledge, offering object lessons in both the management and mismanagement of human affairs, hindsight into trains of events that follow from sometimes incidental occurrences, and even insights into patterns or movements that repeat in different ages and among different peoples. As the British philosopher George Santayana famously observed, "Those who don't learn from the past are destined to repeat it."

38. Ancient History Sourcebook: Herodotus: Solon And Croesus, From The Histories A story of an encounter from The Histories. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/herodotus-creususandsolon.html

Back to Ancient History Sourcebook Ancient History Sourcebook: Herodotus: Solon and Croesus, from The Histories This part of Herodotus's History tells a famous story of the encounter between the Lydian King Croesus, reckoned as one of the richest men in the world, and Solon, the wise Athenian. When all these conquests had been added to the Lydian empire, and the prosperity of Sardis was now at its height, there came thither, one after another, all the sages of Greece living at the time, and among them Solon, the Athenian. He was on his travels, having left Athens to be absent ten years, under the pretence of wishing to see the world, but really to avoid being forced to repeal any of the laws which, at the request of the Athenians, he had made for them. Without his sanction the Athenians could not repeal them, as they had bound themselves under a heavy curse to be governed for ten years by the laws which should be imposed on them by Solon. When Solon had thus assigned these youths the second place, Croesus broke in angrily, "What, stranger of Athens, is my happiness, then, so utterly set at nought by thee, that thou dost not even put me on a level with private men?" Such was the speech which Solon addressed to Croesus, a speech which brought him neither largess nor honour. The king saw him depart with much indifference, since he thought that a man must be an arrant fool who made no account of present good, but bade men always wait and mark the end.

39. Battle Of Thermopylae - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Herodotus' colorful account of the battle has provided us with many apocryphal incidents and conversations away from the main historical events. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae

Battle of Thermopylae From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search For other battles at Thermopylae, see Battle of Thermopylae (disambiguation) Battle of Thermopylae Part of the Greco-Persian Wars The site of the battle today: the road to the right is built on reclaimed land and approximates the 480 BC shoreline. Date August 7 or September 8–10, 480 BC Location Thermopylae Greece Result Persian Pyrrhic victory. a[›] Territorial changes Persians gain control of Boeotia and march for Athens. Belligerents Greek city-states Persian Empire Commanders and leaders Leonidas I Demophilus Xerxes I of Persia Mardonius ... Hydarnes Strength Total Herodotus Diodorus Pausanias Total Herodotus Ctesias 70,000–300,000 (modern estimates) b[›] Casualties and losses 1,000 to 4,000 ( Herodotus Herodotus v d ... of Greece Thermopylae Artemisium Salamis Potidea Olynthus ... Mycale This section is missing citations or needs footnotes . Please help add inline citations (October 2010) The Battle of Thermopylae (pronounced /θərˈmɒpɨliː/ thər- MOP -i-lee ... Greek Machē tōn Thermopylōn ) was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states , led by Sparta , and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I over the course of three days, during the

40. Ancient History Sourcebook: Herodotus: The Persians Reject Democracy/Darius' Sta An excerpt from Herodotus s The History. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/herodotus-persdemo.html

Back to Ancient History Sourcebook Ancient History Sourcebook: Herodotus: The Persians Reject Democracy/Darius' State III.80: III.81: III.82: Again, in a democracy, it is impossible but that there will be malpractices: these malpractices, however, do not lead to enmities, but to close friendships, which are formed among those engaged in them, who must hold well together to carry on their villainies. And so things go on until a man stands forth as champion of the commonalty, and puts down the evil-doers. Straightway the author of so great a service is admired by all, and from being admired soon comes to be appointed king; so that here too it is plain that monarchy is the best government. Lastly, to sum up all in a word, whence, I ask, was it that we got the freedom which we enjoy? Did democracy give it us, or oligarchy, or a monarch? As a single man recovered our freedom for us, my sentence is that we keep to the rule of one. Even apart from this, we ought not to change the laws of our forefathers when they work fairly; for to do so is not well." III.83:

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