Infobox person name Herodotus image AGMA H rodote.jpg image size 220px caption Bust sculpture Bust of Herodotus ... Historian father Lyxes mother Dryotus Herodotus IPAc en icon h r d t s ancient Greek Greek ... Herodotus The Histories his masterpiece and the only work he is known to have produced is a record ... and often fanciful. The Histories main Histories Herodotus The Histories , otherwise known as The Researches ... 9 respectively. ref cite book title Larcher s Notes on Herodotus last Larcher first Pierre Henri year ...&pg PA526&lpg PA526&dq Herodotus Muses ref At its simplest and broadest level of meaning, The Histories ... trans. and Carolyn Dewald ed. , The Histories by Herodotus, University of Oxford Press 1998 , Introduction ... to it, is instead a history of the Persian Wars. ref Henry R. Immerwahr, Herodotus , in The Cambridge ... account is often merely a background to a broad range of inquiries and, as Herodotus himself observes, Digressions are part of my plan. Book 4, 30 ref Aubrey de Selincourt trans. , Herodotus The Histories .... , The Histories by Herodotus , University of Oxford Press 1998 , Introduction pages xvii ref ref name .... ref Henry R. Immerwahr, Herodotus , in The Cambridge History of Classical Greek Literature Greek Literature , P.Easterling and B.Knox eds , Cambridge University Press 1985 , page 437 8 ref Herodotus ... to basic principles. The work in fact was something of an anachronism. ref Henry R. Immerwahr, Herodotus ... and charm De Thuc. 23 . Herodotus employs a deceptively simple, narrative style, in which the original ..., Herodotus , in The Cambridge History of Classical Greek Literature Greek Literature , P.Easterling ... Herodotus Father of History, Father of Lies accessdate 2009 11 16 author David Pipes ref As these epithets ... himself to be creating fabrications. Herodotus announced the size and scope of his work at the very ... Herodotus gr 1 1 0 ref ref br br Translation br Herodotus of Halicarnassus, his Researches are here ... de Selincourt trans. , Herodotus The Histories , Penguin Classics, 1972, page 41 ref His record ... more details
Infobox planet minorplanet yes width 25em bgcolour FFFFC0 apsis name Herodotus symbol image caption discovery yes discovery ref discoverer Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels discovery site Palomar Observatory discovered September 24, 1960 designations yes mp name 3092 alt names 6550 P L named after Herodotus mp category orbit ref epoch May 14, 2008 aphelion 3.9642889 perihelion 3.1016507 semimajor eccentricity 0.1220840 period 2425.5393119 avg speed inclination 10.93966 asc node 8.63856 mean anomaly 44.37339 arg peri 2.42704 satellites physical characteristics yes dimensions mass density surface grav escape velocity sidereal day axial tilt pole ecliptic lat pole ecliptic lon albedo 0.0572 temperatures temp name1 mean temp 1 max temp 1 temp name2 max temp 2 spectral type abs magnitude 11.00 3092 Herodotus 6550 P L is an Outer asteroid belt outer main belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory . External links http ssd.jpl.nasa.gov sbdb.cgi?sstr 3092 Herodotus JPL Small Body Database Browser on 3092 Herodotus Reflist Minor planets navigator 3091 van den Heuvel 3093 Bergholz Small Solar System bodies DEFAULTSORT Herodotus Category Main Belt asteroids Category Asteroids named for people Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1960 Beltasteroid stub de 3092 Herodotus eo 3092 Herodoto fa it 3092 Herodotus hu 3092 Herodotus pl 3092 Herodotus pt 3092 Herodotus sk 3092 Herodotus sr 3092 uk 3092 vi 3092 Herodotus yo 3092 Herodotus ... more details
No footnotes date December 2011 Travels with Herodotus is a non fiction book written by the Polish journalist, Ryszard Kapu ci ski , published in 2004 and now available in English translation. This book mixes together a collection of Kapu ci ski s own experiences and excerpts from the book Histories Herodotus The Histories by Herodotus which serves not only as a companion in his often long and lonely journeys but also as a guide to the conflicts that waged in current times such as East vs. West and the debate over whether many European customs originally came from Africa . Synopsis Beginning in Kapu ci ski s student years, the books shows us how Kapu ci ski rose to the rare position of global correspondent for a Polish newspaper and follows him through his journeys in the Middle East and Africa though he sometimes skips from one time another to draw allusions from Herodotus . The book by Herodotus was given to him as a present for the road by his chief editor when he was leaving for his first foreign assignment in India . References http www.randomhouse.com catalog display.pperl?isbn 9781400043385 Kapu ci ski, Ryszard. Travels with Herodotus, Random House.com , Accessed July 28, 2007 Morrison, Donald. http www.time.com time magazine article 0,9171,1630235,00.html Fellow Travlers . TIME , July 7, 2007. Accessed October 18, 2007. Category 2004 books Category Travel books Category Herodotus Category Polish non fiction books Category Works by Ryszard Kapu ci ski travel book stub pl Podr e z Herodotem ... more details
Plutarch in his On the Malice of Herodotus , with the original title in ancient Greek language Greek polytonic criticizes the historian Herodotus for all manner of prejudice and misrepresentation. It has been called the first instance in literature of the slashing review. . ref name NewCriterion cite web last Kimball first Roger title Plutarch & the issue of character url http www.newcriterion.com archive 19 dec00 plutarch.htm publisher The New Criterion Online accessdate 2006 12 11 ref The 19th century English historian George Grote considered this essay a serious attack upon the works of Herodotus, and speaks of the honourable frankness which Plutarch calls his malignity. ref cite book last Grote first George title A History of Greece From the Time of Solon to 403 B.C. origyear 1830 publisher Routledge date 2000 10 19 page 203 ref Plutarch makes some palpable hits, catching Herodotus out in various errors, but it is also probable that it was merely a rhetorical exercise, in which Plutarch plays devil s advocate to see what could be said against so favourite and well known a writer. ref name Stewart Long cite book title Plutarch s Lives, Volume I of 4 author Aubrey Stewart, George Long chapter Life of Plutarch url http www.gutenberg.org files 14033 14033.txt publisher The Gutenberg Project accessdate 2007 01 03 ref Some scholars however have dismissed ... merely establishes his own malignity, ref A.D.Godley, Herodotus , Loeb Classical Library 1920 ... in The Histories . ref George Rawlinson, The History of Herodotus Vol.I, D.Appleton and Co. 1859 , pages 13 14 http books.google.com.au books?id nmETAAAAYAAJ&ots Hhh4X5q1Xj&dq herodotus 20 2B ... Plutarch scholar, R. H. Barrow, Herodotus real failing in Plutarch s eyes was to advance any criticism ... The Malice of Herodotus online Complete William W. Goodwin translation 1878 in PDF facsimile, plus selections as PDF ebooks and HTML. Category Herodotus Category Works by Plutarch Category criticism ... more details
lunar crater data image Image Aristarchus and Herodotus craters Apollo 15.jpg 200px caption Herodotus is to the right in this view to the south from Apollo 15 . NASA photo. latitude 23.2 N or S N longitude 49.7 E or W W diameter 35 km depth 1.5 km colong 49 eponym HerodotusHerodotus is a moon lunar Impact crater crater located on a low shelf in the midst of the Oceanus Procellarum . To the east is the slightly larger crater Aristarchus crater Aristarchus . West across the Lunar mare mare is Schiaparelli lunar crater Schiaparelli . Almost due south on the mare surface is a solitary lunar dome designated Herodotus Omega . The crater Herodotus has a slightly irregular, narrow rim that appears somewhat oblong due to foreshortening. The inner floor has been flooded with lava , and has a lower albedo than its brighter and more prominent neighbor Aristarchus. There is a small craterlet overlapping the northwest rim, but otherwise the outer wall has not suffered significant wear. Nevertheless the rim is unusually thin in relation to its size. To the north of Herodotus is the start of the Vallis Schr teri , a valley that has a length of 160 kilometers and a maximum depth of nearly a kilometer. It begins at a small crater 25 km north of the rim, then winds across the surface to the north, before turning northwest and finally to the southwest before coming to a precipitous end at the edge of the raised shelf on which Herodotus is located. The valley is wider at its crater head than elsewhere, which has given it the nickname of the Cobra Head . Satellite craters By convention these features ... to Herodotus. ref cite web author Jonathan McDowell url http planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov jsp ... class wikitable width 25 style background eeeeee Herodotus width 25 style background eeeeee Latitude ... by the International Astronomical Union IAU . Herodotus D &mdash See Raman crater Raman . References references Lunar crater references Category Impact craters on the Moon fa sv Herodotus ... more details
WikiProject Books name Histories translator image image caption author Herodotus country Greece language ... isbn n a was first published before ISBN system started The Histories of Herodotus is considered one ... the Achaemenid Empire and the Polis Greek city states in the 5th century BC. Herodotus portrays ... named after the Muses . Herodotus seems to have travelled extensively around the Ancient ... of The Histories , Herodotus sets out his reasons for writing it quotation This is the showing forth of the inquiry of Herodotus of Halicarnassus , so that neither what has come to be from man in time ... of Lydia Gyges , Sadyattes , Alyattes , Croesus Herodotus en 1 6 &ndash 7 How Gyges took the kingdom from Candaules Herodotus en 1 8 &ndash 13 The singer Arion s ride on the dolphin Herodotus en 1 23 ... in the world Herodotus en 1 29 &ndash 33 Croesus s efforts to protect his son Atys son of Croesus Atys , his son s accidental death by Adrastus Herodotus en 1 34 &ndash 44 Croesus s test of the oracles Herodotus en 1 46 &ndash 54 The answer from the Oracle of Delphi concerning whether Croesus should attack the Persians famous for its ambiguity If you attack you will destroy a great empire Herodotus en 1 55 &ndash 56 Peisistratos rises and falls from power as tyrant of Athens Herodotus en 1 59 &ndash 64 The rise of Sparta Herodotus en 1 65 &ndash 68 Croesus s defeat by Cyrus II of Persia , and how he later became Cyrus s advisor Herodotus en 1 70 &ndash 92 The rulers of the Medes Deioces , Phraortes , Cyaxares , Astyages , Cyrus II of Persia Herodotus en 1 95 &ndash 144 File Edwin Long ... by Herodotus in Book 1 of the Histories The rise of Deioces over the Medes Astyages s attempt to destroy ... , Shoshenq I Asychis , Anysis , Seti I Seth s The line of priests The Labyrinth Herodotus Egyptian ... the Persian army 5,283,220 Herodotus The Battle of Thermopylae in which the Greeks hold the pass ... History of Herodotus George Rawlinson , 1858 http classics.mit.edu Herodotus history.html ... more details
Herodotus was the name of more than one physician in the time of ancient Greece and Ancient Rome Rome A pupil of Athenaeus of Cilicia Athenaeus , or perhaps Agathinus , ref name galen1 Galen, De Differ. Puls. , iv. 11, vol. viii. ref who belonged to the Pneumatic school . ref Galen, De Simplic. Medica. Temper. ac Facult. , i. 29, col. xi. ref He probably lived towards the end of the 1st century AD, and lived at Rome , where he practised medicine with great success. ref name galen1 He wrote some medical works, which are several times quoted by Galen and Oribasius , but of which only some fragments remain. The son of Arieus, a native either of Tarsus city Tarsus or Philadelphia disambiguation Philadelphia , who probably belonged to the Empiric school . He was a pupil of Menodotus of Nicomedia , and tutor to Sextus Empiricus , and lived therefore in the 2nd century AD. ref Suda, Sexstos , Diogenes La rtius, ix. 116 ref The physician mentioned by Galen, ref Galen, De Bon. et Prav. Aliment. Succ. , c. 4. vol. vi. De Meth. Med. , vii. 6. vol. x ref together with Euryphon , as having recommended human milk in cases of consumption, was probably a different person from either of the preceding, and may have been a contemporary of Euryphon in the 5th century BC. References reflist Sources SmithDGRBM DEFAULTSORT Herodotus Category Articles about multiple people in ancient Greece Category Ancient Greek physicians Category Ancient Roman physicians ca Her dot metge el ... more details
after the Trojan War and 622 years before Xerxes I of Persia a major figure in the real Herodotus s The Histories ..., Homer was born in 1102 BC. This contradicts the estimate given by the real Herodotus, that Homer ... is patently false. It was, in this view, written long after Herodotus time, perhaps in the 3rd or 4th ... overlap of Pseudo Herodotus on other works, including the Odyssey for example, the Life mentions ... Bude , who accepted Peudo Herodotus method and results Harv Grafton 1997 p 165 . The main problem ... Ancient Greek pseudepigrapha Category Herodotus la Vita Homeri pseudoherodotiana ... more details
Context date July 2009 Phaedymia was the daughter of Otanes . She was the wife of Gaumata False Smerdis . References http www.iranchamber.com history herodotus herodotus history book3.php Histories of Herodotus , Book 3, 3.69 iran stub Category Achaemenid women ... more details
Anysis is a king of Egypt , mentioned only in book II of Histories Herodotus The History by Herodotus . Herodotus says he came from a city after which he was named. He was blind and was deposed by Ethiopians led by Sabacos . After fifty years of hiding in marshland on the island Elbo , he came back into power. According to Herodotus, Anysis created the island from the marsh by heaping up ashes and earth for whenever any of the Egyptians visited him bringing food, according as it had been appointed to them severally to do without the knowledge of the Ethiopian, he bade them bring also some ashes for their gift. ref Herodotus Histories 2.137 ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Anysis ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Anysis Category Kings of Egypt in Herodotus Africa royal stub AncientEgypt bio stub ... more details
According to Herodotus , Alyattes , the Lydian King and father of Croesus , gave a salver of welded iron to the Oracle of Delphi . This salver, the most remarkable of all the offerings at Delphi, was the work of Glaucus of Chios , the inventor of the art of welding. ref Herodotus . Histories Herodotus The Histories . Penguin Classics , 1996, p. 11. ref References reflist Category Characters in Herodotus Category Ancient Chians Category 6th century BC Greek people Category Ancient Greek artists Category Ancient Greek inventors Category Delphi AncientGreece stub de Glaukos von Chios hu Glaukosz tv s ... more details
In Etruscan mythology , Tyrrhenus was one of the founders of the Etruscan civilization Etruscan Federation of twelve cities, along with his brother Tarchon . Herodotus ref Herodotus , Histories Herodotus Histories I.94 ref describes him as the saver of Etruscans, because he led them from Lydia to Etruria . His name was given to the Etruscan people by the Greek. The Romans extended this use to the sea west of Etruria the Tyrrhenian Sea. References reflist Etruscans Category Mythological archetypes als Tyrrhenos de Tyrrhenus el fr Tyrrhenus it Tirreno mitologia mk pt Tirreno mitologia ru fi Tyrrhenus ... more details
Pteria was the capital of the Assyria ns in northern Cappadocia . They were said by Herodotus to have been taken and ruined by Croesus in 547 BC . It also was the place of an undecided battle between Cyrus the Great and Croesus . Although some have identified Pteria with Hattusa Bo azkale , and with the near site of Kerkenes , this is uncertain Herodotus mentions Pteria as near Sinop, Turkey Sinop on the Black Sea , which is not at all close to Hattusa. External links http books.google.com books?id MhuG3sJ nlgC&pg PA29&dq Pteria Cappadocia v onepage&q Pteria 20Cappadocia&f false The Histories of Herodotus By Herodotus, Henry Cary http www.timesonline.co.uk article 0,,2 458678,00.html 2002 Times Online report on possible site find turkey geo stub coord missing Turkey Category Ancient Cappadocia ca Pet ria ... more details
Elbo was, according to Herodotus Histories Herodotus Histories , a man made island of ash and earth where the blind Egypt ian king Anysis lived during his 50 years of exile while the Ethiopia n king Sabacos ruled Egypt. Supposedly, the island was built up because Egyptians who were bringing food to Anysis were also told to bring him ashes as a gift. ref Herodotus The Histories ., Book 2 Paragraph 140 page 151. Oxford University Press, 1998. ref Elbo and Anysis are unknown except outside of Herodotus, but Sabacos may refer to Shabaka , a Kingdom of Kush Kush ite pharaoh of Egypt s Twenty fifth dynasty of Egypt twenty fifth dynasty . References reflist Category Geography of ancient Egypt Egypt geo stub ... more details
For other uses, see Pigres Pigres of Caria the son of Seldomus, was a distinguished naval commander in the army of Xerxes I of Persia . References Herodotus , vii. 98. Category Carian people Category People of the Greco Persian Wars ... more details
Deinomenes was the father of Hiero I of Syracuse Hieron I , Gelo or Gelon , Thrasyboulos , and Polyzelos . The historian Herodotus writes that his ancestors came from the island of Telos in the Aegean Sea and were the founders of the city of Gela in southern Sicily. Deinomenes consulted an oracle about the fates of his children, and was told that Gelo, Hieron and Thrasyboulos were all destined to become tyrants. Category Characters in Herodotus ... more details
Mandrocles was an ancient Greek engineer from Samos who built a pontoon bridge over the Bosporus for King Darius I to conquer Thrace . Mandrocles dedicated a painting, depicting the brigding of the straits, to goddess Hera in the Heraion of Samos , commemorating his achievement. References Histories Herodotus 4. 88 Saka Scythian campaign Category Ancient Greek engineers Category People of the Greco Persian Wars Category Ancient Samians Category Achaemenid Thrace Category Characters in Herodotus ... more details
Octamasadas was a Scythians Scythian king, the son of King Ariapifa , who lived around 446 BC. He came to power after the assassination of his brother Scylas . References gutenberg no 2707 name The History of Herodotus, vol. 1 translation by George Campbell Macaulay , 1852 1915 gutenberg no 2456 name The History of Herodotus, vol. 2 Category Scythians Category Bosporan Kingdom Category Greek colonies in Crimea Category History of Russia Category History of Ukraine history stub bg ru uk ... more details
lunar crater data latitude 27.0 N or S N longitude 55.1 E or W W diameter 10 km depth Unknown colong 55 eponym Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman C. V. Raman Raman is a small Moon lunar Impact crater crater that lies on the western edge of a plateau feature in the expansive lunar mare named Oceanus Procellarum . It shares this plateau with the lava flooded Herodotus crater Herodotus and Aristarchus crater Aristarchus to the southeastern. To the northeast of Raman is the small peak named Mons Herodotus . To the northwest on the mare is the long, narrow range named the Montes Agricola . This is an elongated crater formation, with a secondary feature bulging out along the southeast rim. The inner walls of this crater have a higher albedo than the surrounding terrain , which is indicative of a relatively youthful formation. This crater was previously designated Herodotus D, a satellite crater of Herodotus, before being named by the International Astronomical Union IAU . References Lunar crater references Category Impact craters on the Moon Moon crater stub fa it Raman cratere ... more details
Masistius Macistius to the Greeks ref Herodotus. The Histories , IX, 20. ref was a Persian cavalry commander best known for his role in the second Persian invasion of Greece . Biography Masistius was the son of a man named Siromitras. ref Herodotus. The Histories , VII, 79. ref He was reportedly a very tall and handsome man. ref Herodotus. The Histories , IX, 25. ref He became a distinguished officer in the Persian army ref Herodotus. The Histories , IX, 20. ref during Xerxes I of Persia Xerxes s invasion of Greece and gained great popularity among the troops. ref Herodotus. The Histories , IX, 24. ref He died shortly before the Battle of Plataea , placing his death somewhere during 479BC. His death was keenly felt by the Persians. ref Herodotus. The Histories , IX, 24,31. ref Role in the Second ..., rather than cavalry. ref Herodotus. The Histories , VII, 79 81. ref At this stage, it appears that Masistius was not of any especially great significance to the invasion force as he appears in Herodotus simply as Masistius, the son of Siromitras with no further description, and as part of Herodotus ... which had remained in Greece under Mardonius . ref Herodotus. The Histories , IX, 20. ref On two occasions, Herodotus notes the fine quality of Masistius s possessions, further suggesting his successes before Plataea. ref Herodotus. The Histories , IX, 20,22. ref As the Greek forces at Plataea under ... were able to kill him, inflicting a considerable blow to the Persians. ref Herodotus. The Histories ... of the body. ref Herodotus. The Histories , IX, 21 24. ref Masistius s loss was felt keenly by the Persians ... to Mardonious who expressed grief at the loss. ref Herodotus. The Histories , IX, 23 24. ref ... they could see him. ref Herodotus. The Histories , IX, 25. ref The Persian forces only advanced towards ... Herodotus. The Histories , IX, 31. ref Ancient Sources Herodotus s The Histories is our main source for Masistius. Herodotus mentions him in book VII but only as a passing reference and book IX where ... more details
refimprove date July 2008 Infobox Military Conflict conflict Battle of Sepeia partof image date 494 BC place Sepeia, Tiryns result Spartan victory combatant1 Sparta combatant2 Argos commander1 Cleomenes I commander2 strength1 strength2 casualties1 casualties2 6.000 At the Battle of Sepeia 494 BC , the Sparta n forces of Cleomenes I defeated the Argos Argives , fully establishing Spartan dominance in the Peloponnese . The closet thing to a contemporaneous source for the description of the battle is, as for many events in this time period, the Histories of Herodotus written approximately fifty years later, circa 440 BC . ref name Herodotus Herodotus, The Histories , translated by George Rawlinson, available online at http classics.mit.edu Herodotus history.mb.txt ref According to Herodotus, the Spartan army tricked the Argives into believing that the Spartans were going to their evening meal, and when the Argives did the same, the Spartans seized up their arms and attacked them, gaining an overwhelming victory. The battle is a controversial one in terms of the Spartan legend for, according to Herodotus, Spartan King Cleomenes massacred the remaining Argives most by burning them alive in the sacred grove of Argos to which they had fled for refuge. ref name Herodotus References Reflist coord missing Greece Category 494 BC Category Battles involving Sparta Sepeia 494 BC AncientGreece battle stub de Schlacht bei Sepeia es Batalla de Sepeia ja sh Bitka kod Sepeje sv Slaget vid Sepeia uk ... more details
Thyssagetae lang grc were an ancient tribe described by Herodotus ref Herodotus. Histories , 4.22. ...after the desert, if one inclines somewhat to the east, the Thyssagetae are reached, a numerous nation quite distinct from any other, and living by the chase. ref as occupying a district to the north east of Scythia present day Russia separated from the Budini by a desert seven days journey broad. From their land four rivers flowed into the Maeotis , but as one of them, the Oarus, is almost certainly the Volga , there must be some mistake about this. They seem to have held the southern end of the Urals about Ufa and Orenburg . See also Massagetae References reflist Sources 1911 Category Ancient peoples of Russia Category Eurasian nomads Category Tribes described primarily by Herodotus ca Tissagetes el fa hu Th sszaget k ru ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2009 Pheron , mentioned in Histories Herodotus The History by Herodotus , was a king of ancient Egypt . He had been made blind for ten years after attacking a river with a spear. Then he was told the only cure would be to wash his eyes with the urine of a woman who was faithful to her husband. After several women s urine failed, including his own wife s, he found his cure. The previous women he had burned to death, but he married the one that cured him. Pheron was the son of the legendary conqueror Sesostris . The next in line to the throne after Pheron was Proteus of Egypt Proteus , whose legend ties in with Helen of Troy Helen of the Trojan War . Category Kings of Egypt in Herodotus ... more details
The Machlyes were an ancient Libyan tribe. According to Herodotus ref cite web url http www.perseus.tufts.edu cgi bin ptext?lookup Hdt. 4.180.1 title Herodotus s account of the Libyan female warriors in Corinthian helmets accessdate 2008 12 28 work Perseus Project ref , their young women held a ritual battle with sticks and stones annually with neighboring Auseans . In Bestiary Medieval bestiaries , they were said to be a race of hermaphroditic humanoids with a male half and a female half, possibly inspired by the martial practices of the females. ref cite web url http www.theoi.com Phylos Makhlyes.html title Machlyes accessdate 2008 12 28 work Theoi Greek Mythology ref References references Category Ancient Libya Category Medieval European legendary creatures Category Tribes described primarily by Herodotus legendary creature stub ... more details
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