works of Herodotus

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ancient Greek historical work

The works of Herodotus are a foundational collection of ancient Greek historical writings, especially his "Histories," which chronicle the Greco-Persian Wars and various cultures of the ancient world.

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Herodotus' Histories 21
Herodotus’ Histories 13
Histories by Herodotus 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek historical work ⓘ
alternateTitle works of Herodotus ⓘ
surface form: The Histories of Herodotus
author Herodotus ⓘ
book1Title Clio ⓘ
book2Title Euterpe ⓘ
book3Title Thalia ⓘ
book4Title Melpomene ⓘ
book5Title Terpsichore ⓘ
book6Title Erato ⓘ
book7Title Polyhymnia ⓘ
book8Title Urania ⓘ
book9Title Calliope ⓘ
bookCount 9 ⓘ
coversEvent Battle of Marathon ⓘ
Battle of Plataea ⓘ
Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Battle of Thermopylae ⓘ
Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ
surface form: Ionian Revolt
dateWritten 5th century BCE ⓘ
describesCulture Babylonians ⓘ
Egyptians ⓘ
Lydian Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Lydians

Persians ⓘ
Scythia ⓘ
surface form: Scythians
describesRegion Asia Minor ⓘ
Black Sea coast ⓘ
surface form: Black Sea region

Egypt ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
genre ethnography ⓘ
geography ⓘ
historiography ⓘ
historicalPeriod Archaic Greece ⓘ
early Classical Greece ⓘ
influenceOn Roman historians ⓘ
Thucydides ⓘ
later Greek historians ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
legacy foundation of Western historiography ⓘ
mainTopic Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ
customs of various peoples ⓘ
rise of the Persian Empire ⓘ
method inquiry based on travel and interviews ⓘ
namedAfter the Muses ⓘ
surface form: the nine Muses
notableFeature frequent digressions ⓘ
mixture of myth and history ⓘ
setting Mediterranean world ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
surface form: Near East

North Africa ⓘ
structure divided into nine books ⓘ

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this entity surface form: The Histories of Herodotus
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this entity surface form: Herodotus' Histories
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this entity surface form: Herodotus’s Histories
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this entity surface form: Herodotus’ Histories
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