Herodotus
Greek history's father
Herodotus was a Greek historian of the fifth century BCE, called the "Father of History" for writing the first systematic narrative account of past events—his *Histories* chronicling the Greco-Persian Wars.
The name invokes foundational inquiry or the origins of a discipline: He's the Herodotus of sports journalism.
Herodotean describes sweeping, digressive narrative that weaves in cultural observations and anecdotes.
Very old indeed
- GreeceBalkan peninsula nation
- PersiaIran's former name
- EgyptNortheastern African nation
- AthensGreece's capital city
Sparta · Halicarnassus · classical · Marathon · Thermopylae · Salamis · Xerxes · Darius
Writer of historical accounts
- HistoriesAccounts of past events
- inquiryRequest for information
- narrativeAccount of events
- ethnographerScholar of cultures
documentation · eyewitness · sources · accounts · prose · storytelling · Thucydides · annals
Organized exploratory journey
- journeyTravel from place to place
- voyageJourney by sea
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
- wandererRootless, roving person
itinerary · geography · autopsy · eyewitness · Mediterranean · Egypt · Persia · Babylon
Traditional practices or import taxes
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- peoplesDistinct cultural or ethnic groups
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- culturesCollective human practices
beliefs · observations · foreigners · barbarians · diversity · practices · religion · marriage
Ancestor or originator
- founderOne who begins something
- originatorOne who initiates
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- forefatherAncestor from generations past
patriarch · Cicero · epithet · legacy · precursor · influence · tradition · discipline
ancient
Very old indeed
Athens · Sparta · Halicarnassus · classical · Marathon · Thermopylae · Salamis · Xerxes · Darius · Cyrus
chronicler
Writer of historical accounts
ethnographer · documentation · eyewitness · sources · accounts · prose · storytelling · Thucydides · annals · record
expedition
Organized exploratory journey
- journeyTravel from place to place
- voyageJourney by sea
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
wanderer · itinerary · geography · autopsy · eyewitness · Mediterranean · Egypt · Persia · Babylon · observation
customs
Traditional practices or import taxes
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- peoplesDistinct cultural or ethnic groups
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
cultures · beliefs · observations · foreigners · barbarians · diversity · practices · religion · marriage · burial
progenitor
Ancestor or originator
- founderOne who begins something
- originatorOne who initiates
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
forefather · patriarch · Cicero · epithet · legacy · precursor · influence · tradition · discipline
- Ancient GreeksSocrates, Plato, Aristotle, Homer, Pericles
- GreeceAcropolis, Parthenon, Athens, Greek, Hellenic
- classicsHomer, Iliad, the Iliad, Odyssey, the Odyssey
- ancient GreeceAthens, Sparta, Zeus, Parthenon, Acropolis
- Ancient GreekGreek alphabet, Greek vocabulary, ancient Greek, Homer, Plato
- Greco-Persian WarsThermopylae, Marathon, Salamis, Xerxes, Darius
HerodotusThucydides
Greek historiographer, fifth-century BCE
mythographers · Homer · mythographer · epic poets · Polybius