Who is Herodotus?

Answer 1

Herodotus is the father of history which formulated the scientific ways of writing history. He was considered as this because of his big contribution in history. Herodotus wrote an account of the Persian Wars. His account was one of the first factual accounts of a past event. Herodotus was also the first historian of the western world.

Answer 2

Herodotus was a Greek historian who lived in the 5th century 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. When Herodotus travelled into Egypt to see the Nile River, he called it "The Gift of the Nile". He was also the person who wrote about the First Peloponnesian War

Answer 3

Herodotus was a Greek writer of the 5th century B.C. who wrote the first Western, historical work in the conventional sense of the term history. He is therefore known as the father of history. Writers before him, such as Hecataeus (c.500 B.C.), wrote purely geographical treatises or, if they delved into history, limited themselves to the quasi-mythical events of heroic times.

Answer 4

Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus, Caria (modern day Bodrum, Turkey) and lived in the fifth century BC. He has been called the "Father of History", and was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent, and arrange them in a well-constructed and vivid narrative.

Answer 5

Herodotus was not a god. He lived from c484 BC to c425 BC and wrote a history of the wars between the Greeks and the Persians.