The First Historian Was A 'Malicious Liar'
November 11, 2022
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as posted by the channelWho was Herodotus, the so-called 'Father of History'? Was Herodotus really the first historian? Are Herodotus's Histories worth reading today?
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The Landmark Herodotus
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1. Livius. Herodotus, bk 6, logos 19
2. Making History: The Storytellers Who Shaped the Past. Richard Cohen. 2022
3. Landmark Herodotus Histories. Strassler et al.
4. Tom Holland on Herodotus' Histories. 2014.
5. Persian Fire. Tom Holland. 2006
9. Herodotus: Father of History, Father of Lies. David Pipes. LUNO Student Historical Journal 1998
10. Herodotus Is A Big, Fat Liar…And Better Than Any Historian You Have Ever Read
11. Herodotus. Oxford Reference
14. Persians: Uncivilized savages or just non-Greeks? Amir Kasravi
20. BBC 4 In our Time. Herodotus. 2021
Further Reading:
Leonard Whibley. Introduction to The Famous Hystory of Herodotus New York. 1967
R.P. Lister. The Travels of Herodotus. New York: Gordon & Ceremonesi, 1979.
John Hart. Herodotus and Greek History. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1982.
Donald Lateiner. The Historical Method of Herodotus. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1989
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