Greek historian

Hellenic past recorder

A Greek historian is a scholar who studies or writes about ancient Greece, or a historian from Greece of any era.

The phrase most often refers to ancient writers like Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon, whose accounts of wars, politics, and culture remain foundational sources: The Greek historian Herodotus is called the father of history.

XenophonGreek soldier-historian
classical antiquityGreco-Roman historical period
HerodotusAncient Greek historiographer
ThucydidesGreek historiographer, fifth-century BCE
Persian WarsHellenic-Achaemenid military conflicts

ancient sources · Polybius · primary source · ancient world · Plutarch

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Greek historianRoman historian

Scholar of ancient Rome

barbarian

discipline/profession

Greek historianGreek philosopher

Classical Athenian intellectual

Greek poet · Greek mathematician

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