There are two ways to look at the question of who invented history. The first, of course, is that no one invented it; History is simply the result of the slow unfurling of time and the actions of ...

“The Histories” by Herodotus, translated by Tom Holland, introduction and notes by Paul Cartledge (Penguin Classics Deluxe, 880 pages, $23, paperback) It’s not often that an ancient Greek historian ...

Herodotus is known as the "father of history." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian born ...

Herodotus, the first Greek and thereby the first Western historian, had bad press long before there was anything resembling a press. Aristotle referred to him as a “story-teller,” which was no ...

*Originally published on Oct. 16, 2023. For someone who died more than 2,400 years ago, Herodotus's voice is still very much alive. "The directness of his voice sometimes feels like he is speaking ...

What is history and how should it be written? This important new anthology, translated and edited by Professor John Marincola, contains all the seminal texts that relate to the writing of history in ...

Book 1: From Herodotus to Machiavelli. Remarkably detailed yet highly readable, the first volume of this monumental history of political theory covers an enormous span of time and wealth of writings, ...

Herodotus, the Greek historian of the 5th century BC, described in his writings various customs of the Scythians, a nomadic people who inhabited the Eurasian steppe between the 8th and 4th centuries ...