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Herodotus
1,664 books789 followersHerodotus (Greek: Ηρόδοτος) (c. 484 – c. 425 BC) was a Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus, part of the Persian Empire (now Bodrum, Turkey) and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy. He is known for having written the Histories – a detailed account of the Greco-Persian Wars. Herodotus was the first writer to perform systematic investigation of historical events. He has been described as "The Father of History", a title conferred on him by the ancient Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero.
The Histories primarily cover the lives of prominent kings and famous battles such as Marathon, Thermopylae, Artemisium, Salamis, Plataea, and Mycale. His work deviates from the main topics to provide a cultural, ethnographical, geographical, and historiographical background that forms an essential part of the narrative and provides readers with a wellspring of additional information.
Herodotus has been criticized for his inclusion of "legends and fanciful accounts" in his work. The contemporaneous historian Thucydides accused him of making up stories for entertainment. However, Herodotus explained that he reported what he could see and was told. A sizable portion of the Histories has since been confirmed by modern historians and archaeologists.
The Histories primarily cover the lives of prominent kings and famous battles such as Marathon, Thermopylae, Artemisium, Salamis, Plataea, and Mycale. His work deviates from the main topics to provide a cultural, ethnographical, geographical, and historiographical background that forms an essential part of the narrative and provides readers with a wellspring of additional information.
Herodotus has been criticized for his inclusion of "legends and fanciful accounts" in his work. The contemporaneous historian Thucydides accused him of making up stories for entertainment. However, Herodotus explained that he reported what he could see and was told. A sizable portion of the Histories has since been confirmed by modern historians and archaeologists.
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October 6, 2016
Heródoto mais do que um historiador, é um verdadeiro contador de histórias. Entrelaçando a cultura ocidental com a oriental. Através da discrição de grandes reis da antiguidade procura explicar a origem da civilização.
Neste volume, o historiador relata a história de Cambises de de Dario. São descrições de violência, rapto e de falsa identidade. Também continua a demonstrar a riqueza da nação persa e a sua expansão ( as suas várias conquistas). Dario principalmente é um rei lendário da cultura persa. No seu reinado os persas enriquecem e dominam o mundo.
Os dois volumes que li serviram de estudo para a minha cadeira de Estudos Europeus, para melhor compreensão dos conteúdos. Fazendo um paralelo com outro figura histórica, inserida na peça " Os persas", Xerxes pode-se ver que se passa o processo inverso. Um reino de opulência passa para um reino de pura escasseza. Com Heródoto pode entender que nas lendas e nos mitos também possui História!
Neste volume, o historiador relata a história de Cambises de de Dario. São descrições de violência, rapto e de falsa identidade. Também continua a demonstrar a riqueza da nação persa e a sua expansão ( as suas várias conquistas). Dario principalmente é um rei lendário da cultura persa. No seu reinado os persas enriquecem e dominam o mundo.
Os dois volumes que li serviram de estudo para a minha cadeira de Estudos Europeus, para melhor compreensão dos conteúdos. Fazendo um paralelo com outro figura histórica, inserida na peça " Os persas", Xerxes pode-se ver que se passa o processo inverso. Um reino de opulência passa para um reino de pura escasseza. Com Heródoto pode entender que nas lendas e nos mitos também possui História!
December 21, 2025
Το τρίτο μέρος των Ιστοριών του Ηροδότου πραγματεύεται την αιγυπτιακή εκστρατεία του Καμβύση, ο οποίος προβαίνει σε παράλογες ενέργειες, όπως τη δολοφονία του αδερφού του Σμέρδη, και βρίσκει τελικά τον θάνατο. Περιγράφονται διάφοροι λαοί από τον Ηρόδοτο, όπως οι υπεραιωνόβιοι και ρωμαλέοι Αιθίοπες. Ιδιαίτερα ευφυής είναι η ιστορία του Πολυκράτη που προσπάθησε να αποποιηθεί το πολύτιμο δαχτυλίδι του, δίχως να τα καταφέρει, οπότε οι συμφορές τον έπληξαν.
Μετά τον θάνατο του Καμβύση, την εξουσία αναλαμβάνουν δύο μάγοι, με τον έναν να λέγεται Σμέρδης και να εκμεταλλεύεται το γεγονός ότι έμοιαζε με τον αδερφό του Καμβύση. Μία ομάδα Περσών συνωμοτούν εναντίον τους και τελικά τους δολοφονούν. Τελικά επικρατεί το μοναρχικό πολίτευμα που προτείνει ο Δαρείος κι αυτός, χάρη σ’ ένα τέχνασμα, γίνεται βασιλιάς.
Περιγράφεται η ζωή και τα έθιμα των Ινδών και εντύπωση προκαλεί η αναφορά σε μεγάλα μυρμήγκια που εξορύσσουν χρυσό και οι Ινδοί τον μαζεύουν με κίνδυνο της ζωής τους. Ο Δαρείος στρέφεται εναντίον των Βαβυλωνίων και καταλαμβάνει την πόλη χάρη στο τέχνασμα του Ζώπυρου, που αναγκάστηκε να αυτοτραυματιστεί για να θεωρηθεί αντίπαλος πλέον του Δαρείου και να γίνει δήθεν σύμβουλος των Βαβυλωνίων. Η πόλη όντως καταλήφθηκε μόνο όταν ένα μουλάρι του Ζώπυρου γέννησε, όπως σωστά είχε προβλέψει ένας κάτοικος της Βαβυλώνας.
Μετά τον θάνατο του Καμβύση, την εξουσία αναλαμβάνουν δύο μάγοι, με τον έναν να λέγεται Σμέρδης και να εκμεταλλεύεται το γεγονός ότι έμοιαζε με τον αδερφό του Καμβύση. Μία ομάδα Περσών συνωμοτούν εναντίον τους και τελικά τους δολοφονούν. Τελικά επικρατεί το μοναρχικό πολίτευμα που προτείνει ο Δαρείος κι αυτός, χάρη σ’ ένα τέχνασμα, γίνεται βασιλιάς.
Περιγράφεται η ζωή και τα έθιμα των Ινδών και εντύπωση προκαλεί η αναφορά σε μεγάλα μυρμήγκια που εξορύσσουν χρυσό και οι Ινδοί τον μαζεύουν με κίνδυνο της ζωής τους. Ο Δαρείος στρέφεται εναντίον των Βαβυλωνίων και καταλαμβάνει την πόλη χάρη στο τέχνασμα του Ζώπυρου, που αναγκάστηκε να αυτοτραυματιστεί για να θεωρηθεί αντίπαλος πλέον του Δαρείου και να γίνει δήθεν σύμβουλος των Βαβυλωνίων. Η πόλη όντως καταλήφθηκε μόνο όταν ένα μουλάρι του Ζώπυρου γέννησε, όπως σωστά είχε προβλέψει ένας κάτοικος της Βαβυλώνας.
September 26, 2018
Thaleia is a continuing evaluation from Herodotus of backcountry history into what he believes is reasonable or exaggerated. Its curious to hear about the winged serpents then his travels that lead to bones that he believes verify the tale. Its curious to hear about ants in India that are smaller than dogs but larger than foxes. Then after looking on the internet find that the largest known ant is about two inches long. Definitely much smaller than a fox. Interesting book to give one the mindset and gullibility/ignorance of general knowledge as we see it in the 21st century.
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