Herodotus

According to Herodotus, Heracles lived 900 years before Herodotus' own time (c. 1300 BCE).

For Fehling, the only credible explanation is that Herodotus invented these sources, and that the stories themselves were concocted by Herodotus himself.

Herodotus reported three contradictory versions as to the origins of the Scythians, but placed greatest faith in this version: Herodotus 4.11 trans.

Herodotus' use of sources and sense of authority It is clear from the beginning of Book 1 of the Histories that Herodotus utilizes (or at least claims to utilize) various sources in his narrative.

In On the Malice of Herodotus Plutarch criticizes the historian Herodotus for all manner of prejudice and misrepresentation.

John Herrington has developed a helpful metaphor for describing Herodotus' dynamic position in the history of Western art and thought – Herodotus as centaur: "The human forepart of the animal..

John L. Myres, Herodotus, Father of History (1953) Herodotus attempted to distinguish between more and less reliable accounts, and personally conducted research by travelling extensively, giving written accounts of various Mediterranean cultures.

Many of these scholars (Welsby, Heeren, Aubin, Diop, etc.) explicitly mention the reliability of Herodotus's worksuch as on the Nile Valley and demonstrate corroboration of Herodotus's writings by modern scholars.

According to the historian Herodotus, there were only three men out of Leonidas’ elite army who did not fight in the epic battle.

Herodotus states that while a king or chief represented the Scythian nation in dealings with other peoples, subchiefs would also have a significant say in affairs.

The historian Herodotus, writing only a few decades after the battle, attributed an entirely different run to the messenger Pheidippides—from Athens to Sparta to seek Spartan military aid, a distance of about 160 miles.

Herodotus’s home town Helicarnassus, near Bodrum in Turkey, was in a Greek state under Persian suzerainty.

That’s why we can’t confirm the actual height and length of the outer walls of Babylon, especially when Herodotus says it was 85 kilometers long and 100 meters high.

A “fabulously preserved” wreck in the Nile waters around a sunken port city has proven Herodotus right.

Complete with two compelling leads and enjoyable guest appearances from the likes of Herodotus and Leonidas, it’s a fulfilling romp through myth and mayhem.

According to Herodotus, Alyattes invaded Miletus annually to burn their crops over the course of several years.

According to Herodotus, Amasis, was asked by Cambyses II or Cyrus the Great for an Egyptian ophthalmologist on good terms.

According to Herodotus and Plutarch, he met with Croesus and gave the Lydian king advice, which however Croesus failed to appreciate until it was too late.

According to Herodotus, Darius's canal was wide enough that two triremes could pass each other with oars extended, and required four days to traverse.

According to Herodotus, fearing that the Greeks might attack the bridges across the Hellespont and trap his army in Europe, Xerxes decided to retreat back to Asia, taking the greater part of the army with him.