Histories
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Histories is an ancient Greek work by Herodotus that is widely regarded as the foundational text of Western historiography, combining historical inquiry with ethnographic and geographic descriptions.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
ancient Greek historical work
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book ⓘ historiographical work ⓘ |
| approximateDateWritten | c. 440 BCE ⓘ |
| author | Herodotus ⓘ |
| bookCount | 9 ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
conflict between Greeks and Persians
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interaction of different cultures ⓘ rise and fall of empires ⓘ |
| combines |
ethnographic description
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geographical description ⓘ historical narrative ⓘ |
| contains |
ethnographic digressions
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geographical digressions ⓘ mythological elements ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Classical Greece ⓘ |
| coversEvent |
Battle of Marathon
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Battle of Plataea ⓘ Battle of Salamis ⓘ Battle of Thermopylae ⓘ Ionian Revolt ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| describesPeople |
Egyptians
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Lydians ⓘ Persians ⓘ Scythians ⓘ |
| describesRegion |
Asia Minor
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Black Sea region ⓘ Egypt ⓘ |
| genre |
ethnography
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geography ⓘ history ⓘ travel literature ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatusIn |
classical studies
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historiography ⓘ |
| influenced |
Roman historians
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Thucydides ⓘ Western historiography ⓘ later Greek historians ⓘ |
| latinTitle | Historiae ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ |
| methodologicalFeature |
critical evaluation of sources
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inquiry based on collection of logoi (accounts) ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
the Muses
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surface form:
the nine Muses
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| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| regardedAs |
earliest surviving major work of history in Western literature
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foundational text of Western historiography ⓘ |
| structure | nine books ⓘ |
| titleInGreek |
Histories
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Ἱστορίαι
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Ἱστορίαι