Pg. 1 The Histories written by Herodotus Herodotus writes his histories with an important perspective. This perspective of course is also bias because these events that he documents are events that are happening during his life. They are not far and removed from him. This is a good thing for the future historians and students that can have a good idea of both the things that took place in our history‚ and yet is also slightly inaccurate in the way that they reflect his opinions of what he sees
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Darius I & Themistocle were 2 of many people who played a sig. role in Xerxes’ reign. Themistocles was known as the great Athenian strategist who united the Greekstates & saved Greece. Darius the 1st was the father & predecessor of Xerxes‚ he played the role of being the most influential person to Xerxes & believed Xerxes was the most deserving to become his heir. Herodotus records that the Persians accounted Darius a ‘merchant’ for his great achievements on setting the empire onto a sound
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Xerxes Debate – Prosecution Building Programs * Economic decline was related to his excessive building programs. * Even though his building programs were impressive he neglected other parts of the empire. * Olmstead: “Xerxes was more interested in completing the magnificent structures begun by his father than he was in testing the formidable military machine.” * Josef Wieshofer: Persepolis was one of his “favourite past times”‚ was “hardly independent” of Darius’ style‚ was an
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Xerxes lived from 520 to 465BC. He was the grandson of Cyrus and son of Darius. Xerxes was put into succession according to the ancient Greek historian Herodotus‚ as Xerxes was the first son of Darius’s wife Atossa. Xerxes father Darius 1 died in 486BC‚ and this is where Xerxes took over for his father and became king. Xerxes continued his father strategy of consolidating and tightening control of the empire‚ particularly in Egypt‚ Babylon and Asiatic Greece. Xerxes felt he needed to invade Greece
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Women in Herodotus’ The Histories From Helen of Troy to Candaules’ queen‚ historians have documented many quarrels over women. One historian in particular‚ Herodotus‚ wrote often of the implications women had on the history before him. Women over history played largely a secondary role in almost everything‚ from politics to simple household decision-making. Women also were married off in order to gain land and status for their families‚ especially their fathers. Yet wars‚ both civil and foreign
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Commentary Essay – Herodotus‚ The Histories. Book 2.86 Book two of Herodotus’ The Histories contains his account of Egyptian culture‚ traditions and relations to Greek religion. In particular‚ passage eighty-six describes the practice of an ancient ritual that has fascinated people for millennia. In this passage‚ Herodotus describes the ancient Egyptian method for mummification. Being one of the earliest known records‚ this account of the mummification process immediately retains merit. This does
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usChristina Bramanti October 5‚ 2012 CLAS 20105 The Role of Oracles‚ and Dreams in Herodotus’ The History Throughout Herodotus’ The History‚ Oracles‚ and dreams play an important role. While the gods have almost no presence throughout the book‚ the Oracles and/or dreams are linked to many of the major events. We first encounter the Oracles in Book I‚ when Croesus asks the Oracles at Delphi if he should attack the Persians‚ the Oracle replies telling him (in a very ambiguous way) that if
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Herodotus was a Greek historian whose work encompassed Western civilization involving conflicts between Greece and the Persian Empire. There were many differences between the Greeks and the Persians. For instance‚ the Greeks struggled to find freedom during 480 B.C – 400 B.C. They were determined to train their soldiers‚ especially Spartan warriors‚ to be brave‚ courageous‚ and strong for defensive purposes from Persian invasion. On the other hand‚ the Persians differed from the Greeks because
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one ruler Ancient Greece was separated into a variety of governments that made it function poorly. In 900 B.C.E the Greeks ‘civilization began to emerge. The little towns slowly became cities‚ and the city prospered. Especially in 800 B.C.E when the Greeks created the Greek alphabet (O’Connell 20-21). Ancient Greece has multiple cities that each have its own government system. These cities are known as city-states or polis’ and each city-state acted as its own country. Ancient Greece had city-states
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throughout history. No different was the succession of the great King Darius after his death‚ his son Xerxes comes to power‚ to take his father’s place and rule the vast empire of Persia. What makes the rise to prominence of Xerxes so controversial is that Xerxes is the third born son of Darius which would normally name him third in line in competition with his two older brothers. So why was the third born son Xerxes chosen over the others to reign King? Two theories can be retrieved from this mystery
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