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What contributions did herodotus and thucydides make to the recording of history?
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What did Herodotus and Thucydides establish as a field of study?
History
Why might both herodotus and thucydides be considered fathers of history?
Both Herodotus and Thucydides study the ideals that lead civilizations, like Persia, Athens and Sparta to war.
Greek Historian author of History of the Peloponnesian war?
Herodotus
What were significant accomplishments of herodotus and thucydides?
he wrote the history of Persian wars and tried to separate fact from legend
Why was the approach to history developed by Herodotus and Thucydides the First Greek Historians to write history down important Is it because the Greeks took the writing of history seriously?
Herodotus, who recorded a history of the Persian Wars, developed a concept of adequately recording certain events affecting society and an ethnic group as a whole by relying on first and second person accounts. His historical records on the Persian Wars, although including historical figures such as Xerxes of Persia and Lysander, were fashioned more off of the Illiad and Odyssey rather than modern day historical textbooks, turning the historical records more into an epic rather than an accurate depicition. Herodotus' successor, Thucydides, also recorded the history of an event affecting Greek society: the Peloppenessian War. Unlike his successor, Thucydides attempted to tune down on Herodotus' somewhat exaggeration and glorification of certain historical events, developing a concept in which history was recorded not using epics or religious metaphors but rather was secularized to provide accurate facts. Although some historians refer to Herodotus as the first historian, Thucydides provided society a new concept in recording history in which has been sustained by historians since then.
Who is the first historian?
Herodotus is considered the father of history. The second ancient Greek historian was Thucydides.
What were the contributions of Thucydides?
Thucydides (460-400 BCE) wrote the history of the Peloponnesian War.
Why might Herodotus and Thucydides be considered the fathers of history?
They produced the most coherent continuous early histories we have, which others followed, many with little merit.
What are the answers to Greek Philosophy and history words to know?
philosophy pythagoras philosophers socrates sophists plato socratic method herodotus aristotle thucydides
How did the ancient Greeks contribute to the study of history?
Herodotus and Thucydides set standards in research and recording historical events. The word history comes from the Greek word Historia = researches. This research was different from the story-telling of the heroic tales of the poems and sagas.
Greek author of History of the Persian Wars?
The Greek who wrote about the Persian was was Herodotus in 'The Histories'. Also Thoukydides wrote about this war.
How did Thucydides change the way history was written?
The Thucydides changed the way history was written by using documents and eyewitness accounts to help him.This is how the Thucydides changed the way history was written.
