About Herodotus
Herodotus, born in the Greek city of Halicarnassus when it was under Persian control in the 5th century BC, was a historian and geographer. He later became a citizen of Thurii in what is now Calabria, Italy. He authored the Histories, which records the Greco‑Persian Wars and other topics such as the rise of the Achaemenid dynasty of Cyrus. The Roman orator Cicero called him “The Father of History.”
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![“This headland was [34] the point to which Xerxes’ engineers carried their two bridges from Abydos – a distance of seven furlongs. One was constructed by the Phoenicians using flax cables, the other by the Egyptians with papyrus cables. The work was successfully completed, but a subsequent storm of…” quote by Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1e/herodotus-2844_quote_this-headland-was-34-the-point-to-which_1498935.jpg)
![“They [the Persians] are accustomed to deliberate on matters of the highest moment when warm with wine; but whatever they in this situation may determine is again proposed to them on the morrow, in their cooler moments, by the person in whose house they had before assembled. If at this time also it…” quote by Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db3/herodotus-2844_accustomed_they-the-persians-are-accustomed-to-deli_295502.jpg)
