Herodotus‚ who many call the “father of history‚” had no schooling or historical records to study as Plutarch did. The narrative he wrote consisted of stories he gathered from different lands that had been passed down from generation to generation. Also
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such concept as politics itself. Thucydides was able to see absolutely clear the tactics from both sides of the conflict. Unlike Herodotus‚ Thucydides concentrated on contemporary history and presented his account of the events of the war in an annalistic framework‚ that is‚ by organizing his history year by year. He included versions of direct speeches like Herodotus and in addition with clearly description of events. Thucydides preferred longer and complex speeches and also he tried to deal with
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you have been born‚ thrice blessed one‚ on this day.” (Edmonds 36-37) The Orphics went so far as to not bury their dead in woolen clothes. “For in these rites too if a man have a share‚ it is not lawful for him to be buried in woolen garments. (Herodotus 2. 8I) So‚ one can see the prohibitions set by the Orphic beliefs in reincarnation. Another part of the Orphic mysteries is the sacrifice rituals. When an Orphic cult would sacrifice‚ it would never be an animal sacrifice or slaughter of any kind
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Imagine a world without history a thing that helps us not repeat mistakes that had already occurred‚ philosophy that cause to think out the box and not the same and math that shapes up the world? Thanks to the spreading of Greek we don’t need to imagine a world without them. Greece is a civilization that achieved many great things during its time period. My topic is about the spreading of Greek culture and its effects. Greek culture affected the world through Alexander the great‚ ideas and literature
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focused” on professionalism‚ and discarded “generating” a “dialogue” (Conrad) with their contextual audiences. The substantial dissolution between academic and popular historians is evident in a range of sources‚ essentially from Michelle Arrows to Herodotus and Thucydides to Bury. Inaccuracies continue to plague populist histories‚ and as such those within the academic field continue to rebut their rivals with these flaws. They argue that these‚ as Margaret Conrad states‚ “producers” of “historical
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The Persian Empire was a series of successive Iranian or Iraniate empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau‚ the original Persian homeland‚ and beyond in Western Asia‚ South Asia‚ Central Asia and the Caucasus.[1] The first Persian Empire formed under the Median Empire (728 BC-559 BC) after defeating and ending the Assyrian Empire with the help of Babylonians. Achaemenid Persian Empire (550–330 BC) was the largest empire of the ancient world[2] and the most widespread entity of it was under Darius
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that a child or grandchild would cause the death of the one asking for the prediction. In mythology‚ Acrisius came to fear Perseus because the Oracle’s prediction of killing him. This same situation was seen in Oedipus and the story provided by Herodotus of Cyrus. Grandfathers tried to do away with an infant that would cause their death‚ left to be exposed to the wild but ended up being taken care of by a farmer family. The story of creation comes from this idea of the new generation replacing
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The Asclepius wand‚ is an ancient Greek symbol related to astrology and medicine. The rod of Asclepius symbolizes medicine by combining the serpent and a staff. The snake is shedding its skin as a symbol of renewal and fertility. The staff is a symbol of authority belonging to the god of Medicine. The Asclepiad snake is native to southeastern Europe‚ Asia Minor‚ and some central European areas‚ and apparently to was brought there by Romans because of their healing properties. This is important as
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” (doc. 2) From this we can already tell that the gods favored male offspring rather than daughters. However it wasn’t only to gods did sons seem more cherished; even kings/rulers from all over the land seemed to fancy songs more than daughters. Herodotus‚ an ancient Greek historian‚ once wrote about Persia in his book‚ The Histories‚ “Those who have the most sons receive an annual present from the king.” (doc. 3) Why was it not ‘those who have the most daughters?’ Sons were obviously much more valued
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including in economy‚ politics and technology. The rise in importance was mostly due to the invention of the internal combustion engine‚ the rise in commercial aviation and the increasing use of plastic. More than 4000 years ago‚ according to Herodotus and Diodorus Siculus‚ asphalt was used in the construction of the walls and towers of Babylon; there were oil pits near Ardericca (near Babylon)‚ and a pitch spring on Zacynthus.[32] Great quantities of it were found on the banks of the river Issus
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