Greek herodotus biography
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Greek herodotus biography
Herodotus Facts, Works, and Accomplishments
Herodotus of Halicarnassus (484 BC - ca. 425 BC) was an ancient Greek historian who lived in the 5th century BC and is regarded as the "father of history."
He is almost exclusively known for writing The Histories, a collection of 'inquiries' about the places and peoples he encountered during his wide-ranging travels around the Mediterranean littoral and into Mesopotamia.
The theme for this work was the conflict between the ancient Greeks and the Persians or "Medes."
Life
Most of what is known of the life of Herodotus has been gleaned from his own work.
He was exiled from Halicarnassus after his involvement in an unsuccessful coup d'état against the ruling dynasty, and he then withdrew to the island of Samos.
It must have been during his exile that he undertook the journeys he describes in The Histories.
These journeys took him to Egypt as far south as the first cataract of the Nile, to Babylon, to the Ukraine, a