61. Historical Causation In Herodotus It is perhaps appropriate that herodotus, intent as he was on recording the first, the biggest, and the best, and other great and wondrous deeds, was http://www.tulane.edu/~august/thescla.htm

Kenneth W. Harl, Ph.D. History/Classics 700 Senior Honors Thesis, Tulane University Historical Causation in Herodotus Carol Abernathy directed by Professor Dennis P. Kehoe, Department of Classics It is perhaps appropriate that Herodotus, intent as he was on recording the first, the biggest, and the best, and "other great and wondrous deeds," was accorded a superlative of his own, namely the father of history. Rambling and myopic in his obsession with detail, Herodotus seems to the incautious reader to do little to earn this accolade. In contrast to modern historians, Herodotus appears to include little analysis in his narrative and to draw few conclusions from his material. The ancients themselves criticized Herodotus' methods. Thucydides (I. 21)snidely dismissed his predecessor by refusing to include to mythodes , "mythical lore," in his history of the Peloponnesian War. Aristotle is well known for giving Herodotus the title "father of history," but in his Poetics it is clear Aristotle meant this honor as a dubious one. Aristotle relegates Herodotus to the company not of historians in the modern sense but rather of mere chroniclers. He intimates that the creative process, poiesis , is lacking in Herodotus and in history in general so that "poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are of the nature rather of universals, whereas those of history are singulars" ( Poetics 51a36). Aristotle set the academic approach to Herodotus for centuries. Scholars, even though fascinated by the wealth of information in the

62. Herodotus » Voices From The Grave Andrew Olmsted Final Post I m dead. That sucks, at least for me and my family and friends. But all the http://herodot.us/2008/01/07/andrew-olmsted-final-post/

@import url( http://herodot.us/wp-content/themes/herodotus/style.css ); About Articles Link Harvest Contact Me Categories Culture Herodotus Photography Tumble Links Me del.icio.us Google Reader Music Photos Others telephasic workshop Search Archives March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 ... April 2007 Feeds Posts RSS Comments RSS ... Andrew Olmsted: Final Post (Via Gruber I have been thinking about impermanence in the social websphere lately. How long, after any one of us is gone, will our virtual presences remain viable? People post goodbye messages on the facebook walls of deceased friends. Alexa will keep our web presence alive for quite a while, but it is bound to be quickly lost in the growing flood of new information. This is the first time I have read a blog post from the grave, but it is likely to become a common practice. Feel free to share this post using one of the links below: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. tags: blogging death social networks Similar Posts Lightroom to iPhoto JPEG Workflow Obama In The West Just When I Am Trying To Break The Email Habit Praise For My Hosting Provider ... Aperture vs. Capture NX for RAW Conversion

63. Herodotus: A Who2 Profile herodotus is the ancient writer and reporter called The Father of History. He was among the first to approach the reporting of history in a logical and http://www.who2.com/herodotus.html

@import url("http://www.who2.com/css/standard_gamma.css"); Find Famous People Fast! Who2 FAQ Who2 Blog For Students Contact Who2 Browse by Name: A B C D ... Z Herodotus Historian Herodotus is the ancient writer and reporter called "The Father of History." He was among the first to approach the reporting of history in a logical and skeptical way; he tried to separate true events from myth, and made a point of identifying his sources and noting his trust (or lack of trust) in them. It didn't hurt that he was a colorful writer and commentator; his most famous work, The Histories, remains a widely-read account of ancient facts and legends and (in particular) of the Persian invasion of ancient Greece. (It's the main source for details on the famous battles at Marathon and Thermopylae.) Ironically, the details of Herodotus' own life are unclear. He is believed to have been born at Halicarnassus, on the Aegean Sea in Asia Minor, and to have traveled widely, collecting and recording stories as he went. Extra credit The Histories is sometimes titled The Inquiries or simply Histories ; all are variations on the original Greek.

64. Herodotus According to the Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Classical World Few historians have equaled herodotus as writers he accomplished an attractive history, http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/bios/b2herodotus.htm

Herodotus c.274-337 The Father of History? by Rit Nosotro According to the Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Classical World "Few historians have equaled Herodotus as writers he accomplished an attractive history, swiftly told and read, with fascinating character portrayals, dramatic passages and moments of insight into the deep forces of human life." Herodotus was the first man to use investigation and research to write history. For this reason he has been dubbed the "father of history." He is known for his Histories , in which he tells about the history, customs and people of the lands he visited. The main theme of his work is the conflict between East and West. Besides being the first historical work written using research, it is important as the first long work in Greek prose and is confirmation the historical reliability of the Bible. Herodotus was born in c. 484 in Halicarnassus in modern southwestern Turkey. To be born at this time and place meant to be born under the great Persian Empire. According to A. R. Burn growing up in this environment "may have helped to foster the breadth of vision with which Herodotus surveys the great conflict [The Persian Wars] from both sides." His family was wealthy and probably aristocratic. While he was still quite young, the tyrant Lygdamis drove the family out of town and they were forced to live in exile on the island of Samos.

65. Herodotus And The Bible : ChristianCourier.com herodotus was a Greek historian of the 5th century B.C. It is believed that he lived approximately 484425 B.C. For a number of years he traveled throughout http://www.christiancourier.com/articles/read/herodotus_and_the_bible

Home Articles Women of Hope View Shopping Cart Fortify Your Faith with our FREE weekly FYF Newsletter! Your Name Your E-Mail Recent Articles The Old Testament and Incense Was Jesus Afraid? Lessons Learned Through Illness A Lesson from the Leech ... Dignity Without Ostentation Herodotus and the Bible June 21, 2000 by Wayne Jackson This article shows how the histories of Herodotus confirm the reliability of the Bible. Herodotus was a Greek historian of the 5th century B.C. It is believed that he lived approximately 484-425 B.C. For a number of years he traveled throughout the Persian empire, Egypt, and Scythia observing the culture of these ancient peoples. In his later life, Herodotus lived in Athens, finally settling in Italy where he spent the remainder of his days refining his masterpiece, The Persian Wars. In his effort to accomplish this feat, he went further and sought to give, as an introduction to the story, the whole history of the antique world as it was then known. This material occupies the first six of his nine books. He is generally viewed as the first writer to so unify the record of facts as to raise historical narrative to the level of literature. It should be noted, however, that his history was written in an age that lacked an abundance of solid factual documentation; his work is grounded, therefore, largely in oral tradition.

66. The Persian Wars By Herodotus The Persian Wars by herodotus. Translated by George Rawlinson 1942 Edited by Bruce J. Butterfield Book 1 CLIO Book 2 - EUTERPE Book 3 - THALIA http://www.parstimes.com/history/herodotus/persian_wars/

The Persian Wars by Herodotus Translated by: George Rawlinson 1942 Edited by: Bruce J. Butterfield Book 1 - CLIO Book 2 - EUTERPE Book 3 - THALIA Book 4 - MELPOMENE ... Front Page

67. Herodotus Ever since antiquity the Greek historian herodotus (ca. 484Ð425 BC) has been called by some the father of history and by others the father of lies. http://net.lib.byu.edu/aldine/62Herodotus.html

62. Herodotus. Historiae Ever since antiquity the Greek historian Herodotus (ca. 484Ð425 B.C.) has been called by some "the father of history" and by others "the father of lies." Although his History , recognized for its simple, flowing style and entertaining narrative, has been praised by ancient and modern alike, its trustworthiness has been questioned both in ancient and modern times. Several ancient writers accused Herodotus of intentional falsehood. Not until the sixteenth century did Herodotus recover from the verdicts passed on him. The 1502 Aldine edition represents the first printing of Herodotus in the original Greek. During the age of exploration, when foreign diplomats, missionaries, and explorers wrote back to their native countries of faraway lands and strange customs, their accounts were extraordinarily reminiscent of Herodotus both in style and in method, especially reports from travelers and explorers concerning the discovery of America. These accounts vindicated Herodotus, because they showed that one could travel abroad, tell strange stories, and inquire into past events without necessarily being a liar. New exploration often revealed customs even more extraordinary than those described by Herodotus, and the latest reports were eagerly anticipated by the public. Exhibit Home Page New World Books

68. The History Of Herodotus II True religion has been banished; and such means have been found out to extract money even from the pockets of the poor. http://www.piney.com/Heredotus2.html

The History of Herodotus II By Herodotus Written 440 B.C.E Translated by George Rawlinson Bacchus Doves Embalming Levite-like Warriors ... See why the Dove represents the Father-Son Relationship. Euterpe On the death of Cyrus, Cambyses his son by Cassandane daughter of Pharnaspes took the kingdom. Cassandane had died in the lifetime of Cyrus, who had made a great mourning for her at her death, and had commanded all the subjects of his empire to observe the like. Cambyses, the son of this lady and of Cyrus, regarding the Ionian and Aeolian Greeks as vassals of his father, took them with him in his expedition against Egypt among the other nations which owned his sway. Now the Egyptians, before the reign of their king Psammetichus, believed themselves to be the most ancient of mankind. Since Psammetichus, however, made an attempt to discover who were actually the primitive race, they have been of opinion that while they surpass all other nations, the Phrygians surpass them in antiquity. This king, finding it impossible to make out by dint of inquiry what men were the most ancient, contrived the following method of discovery:- He took two children of the common sort, and gave them over to a herdsman to bring up at his folds, strictly charging him to let no one utter a word in their presence, but to keep them in a sequestered cottage, and from time to time

69. Fausta's Blog As it turns out herodotus was a dude who had come across marijuana in the herodotus doesn t say whether the hippies Scythians got the munchies after all http://faustasblog.com/2007/09/how-herodotus-discovered-marijuana.html

@import url( http://faustasblog.com/style.css ); Fausta's blog Faustam fortuna adiuvat The official blog of Fausta's Blog Talk Radio show. Saturday, September 22, 2007 How Herodotus discovered marijuana As I normally do every semester, I'm auditing a class at Princeton University. Of course, I'm doing the assigned reading, and last week's homework was Herodotus's Histories , as translated by Aubrey de Selincourt. The book is also available on line, translated by George Rawlinson . For the purposes of this post I'll be quoting from Rawlinson. The Histories is a most interesting and at times very amusing read. Interesting, because Herodotus brought to us the history of the . The Histories deals with great detail on the long-ranging war the Greeks battled against their Persian invader, Xerxes, and his immensely cruel army. Books 7-9 are called the 'Xerxiad' which looks at Xerxes's Greek campaigns at Thermopylae, Artemisium, Salamis and Mycale. These three books are dedicated to 'Polumnia' the muse of hymns, 'Urania' the muse of astronomy, and 'Calliope' the muse of epic poetry. Herodotus merges these three themes of the stars, hymns and epics to bring alive an event that took place thousands of years ago. Thermopylae means "the hot gates", and indeed the Spartans were fighting in hell.

70. Herodotus - Wikiquote herodotus of Halicarnassus (Greek , Herodotos) (484 BCca. 425 BC) was a historian, known for his writings on the conflict between Greece and http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Herodotus

Herodotus From Wikiquote Jump to: navigation search Herodotus of Halicarnassus (Greek: Ἡροδοτος, Herodotos) (484 BC-ca. 425 BC) was a historian, known for his writings on the conflict between Greece and Persia, as well as the descriptions he wrote of different places and people he met on his travels. edit The Histories Men trust their ears less than their eyes. Book 1, Ch. 8 Deem no man happy, until he passes the end of his life without suffering grief. Call no man happy till he dies The History of Herodotus Book I, Chapter 32 These races, Ionian and Dorian, were the foremost in ancient time, the first a Pelasgian and the second an Hellenic people. The Pelasgian stock has never yet left its habitation, the Hellenic has wandered often and afar. For in the days of king Deucalion it inhabited the land of Phthia, then in the time of Dorus son of Hellen the country called Histiaean, under Ossa and Olympus; driven by the Cadmeans from this Histiaean country it settled about Pindus in the partscalled Macedonian; thence again it migrated to Dryopia, and at last came from Dryopia to Peloponnesos, where it took the name of Dorian. Book 1, Ch. 56

71. 300 - No Retreat, No Surrender - Movie Trailers Clips - SPIKE Leonidas, the King of Sparta, rallies his 300 warriors with a speech on the law of Sparta. At the pass of Thermopylae in 480 BC, 300 Spartan soldiers under http://www.spike.com/video/2823465

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z

Page 4     61-71 of 71    Back | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4