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...Herodotus and Thucydides to the Twentieth Century'' (2008), 544 pp; covers Herodotus, Thucydides and Polybius, through Gibbon, Macaulay, Michelet, Prescott and

...s]]. [[Ionic]] is a dialect that was most famously used by the historian [[Herodotus]]. A limited amount of writing has come down to us in the other Ancient Gre

...8 BC) aspired to combine the logical rigor of Thucydides with the scope of Herodotus.<ref> Frank W. Walbank, ''A Historical Commentary on Polybius,'' (3 vols. 1

...flourished throughout Greek civilisation. They included historians like [[Herodotus]] and [[Thucydides]]; dramatists such as [[Aristophanes]], [[Aeschylus]], [

...The restriction to the meaning "record of past events", in the sense of [[Herodotus]], arose in the late 15th century. In German, French, and indeed, most Roma

...d, and descriptions of areas such as [[India]] are almost wholly fanciful. Herodotus also made important observations about geography. He is the first to have n ...the Nile river, but some geographers, such as Herodotus objected to this. Herodotus argued that there was no difference between the people on the east and west

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The historian [[Herodotus]] (484 BC–ca. 425 BC), and the scholar [[Callimachus]] of [[Cyrene]] (ca

...t popular forms of entertainment have always existed. In his ''Historia'', Herodotus (circa 485-425 BCE) wrote about amusing performances and songs that he enco

In the field of astronomy, Thales is credited by [[Herodotus]] with having predicted the year in which a [[solar eclipse]], later identi

...8 BC) aspired to combine the logical rigor of Thucydides with the scope of Herodotus.<ref> Frank W. Walbank, ''A Historical Commentary on Polybius,'' (3 vols. 1 ...Herodotus and Thucydides to the Twentieth Century'' (2008), 544 pp; covers Herodotus, Thucydides and Polybius, through Gibbon, Macaulay, Michelet, Prescott and

:: - the histories of [[Acusilaus]], [[Apollodorus]], [[Herodotus]], [[Heraclides]], [[Thucydides]] and [[Xenophon]]

In his ''Histories'', [[Herodotus]] was the first writer to mention ethnic groups in what became Afghanistan,

...genes Laertius: the [http://www.epicurus.net/en/herodotus.html ''Letter to Herodotus'']<ref>X. 35-83</ref>, an epitome of his physics, the [http://www.epicurus.

...table) was also first developed in ancient times. An early example, from [[Herodotus]], concealed a message - a tattoo on a slave's head - by regrown hair<ref n

...o write about Persian society, in his account of researches ''[[Histories (Herodotus)|Histories]]''. He mentions similarities to the Zoroastrian faith, includin Herodotus names the tribes of Media - Busae, Parataceni, Struchates, Arizanti, Budii,

...nter>&mdash;[http://www.epicurus.net/en/herodotus.html Epicurus: Letter to Herodotus]</center> *Epicurus (341-270 BCE). [http://www.epicurus.net/en/herodotus.html Letter to Herodotus]. From: [http://epicurus.net/ Epicurus & Epicurean Philosophy].

...s]]. [[Ionic]] is a dialect that was most famously used by the historian [[Herodotus]]. A limited amount of writing has come down to us in the other Ancient Gre

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...phi]] about what heroes he should name each division after. According to [[Herodotus]], the [[Sparta]]ns attributed their conquest of [[Arcadia]] to their theft

..."cold sores" (''herpes febrilis'') were described by the Roman physician [[Herodotus]] in the year 100 CE. Genital herpes was first described by [[John Astruc]]

...cient Craft New ed.'' Dover Publications 1978, p. 12.</ref> According to [[Herodotus]] (History 5:58) the [[Phoenicians]] brought writing and also papyrus to Gr

...The Routledge Companion to the Study of Religion'' (Routledge 2005)</ref>[[Herodotus]] (484 – 425 [[Common Era|BCE]]) stated that the gods of Greece were the

...ther, has been used since ancient times. About 2400 years ago (450 BC), [[Herodotus]] describes the oil pits at Ardericca (near Babylon) and the pitch (asphalt

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According to legends recounted by [[Herodotus]], the alphabet was first introduced to Greece by a Phoenician named [[Cadm

Herodotus (II. 81) and Isocrates (''Busiris'' 28), cited in: C. A. Huffman, "Pythagor

...Miletus, ''Fragmenta'', in: Jacoby, ''FGrH'' 1F 54–56; cp. also: [[Herodot|Herodotus of Halicarnassus]], ''Histories'' 2.33.3 & 4.49.3; [[Avienus|Postumius Rufi

...Miletus, ''Fragmenta'', in: Jacoby, ''FGrH'' 1F 54–56; cp. also: [[Herodot|Herodotus of Halicarnassus]], ''Histories'' 2.33.3 & 4.49.3; [[Avienus|Postumius Rufi

...kmore, Tim. 2004. "''300 AND TWO'': Frank Miller and Daniel Ford Interpret Herodotus's Thermopylae Myth." ''International Journal of Comic Art,'' 6(2):325-349.

...reek theatrical productions, the works of [[Plato]], and the comments of [[Herodotus]], Jacques Jouanna discusses the practice of the Hippocratic physicians in