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 he
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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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Herodotus was born in 485 BC in the Greek City of Halicarnassus and is known as the pioneer of history. His series of books‚ The Histories was the first piece of literature that described historical events. No writer had ever attempted to analyze events in history before Herodotus‚ he catalyzed the study of history and allowed scholars to have a deeper understanding of events in the world. The Histories was an account of the Greco-Persian wars‚ which was a series of wars between the Persian Empire
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The Histories‚ written by Herodotus‚ have the theme of punishment scattered throughout. Many of the stories are based upon punishment and cruelty‚ partly because this book tells the story of how the Greek city states fight off the Persians time and time again. However‚ it is not only in battle it cruelty and punishment seen; the idea of punishment and cruelty for power‚ revenge‚ and control is seen throughout the entire work. Among the stories of The Histories‚ the punishments that Herodotus includes
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Throughout the Histories Herodotus chronicles many stories taking place over eighty years. The climaxes of the Histories are the great wars between the Greeks and the Persians. With that in mind it seems reasonable that Herodotus serves as a spectacular source for military matters of the ancients. Truly it is a great source‚ historians can learn about ancient armies building bridges to move their forces across bodies of water and Herodotus tells his readers that barbarians use short spears and wear
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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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Herodotus in the The Histories‚ Book V claims“There is nothing in the whole world so unjust‚ nothing so bloody‚ as a tyranny” Greece‚ in 500BC was under the rule of one such tyrant‚ Pisistratus.In order to stay in power‚ tyrants of ancient greece created a prosperous society. Tyrants created a prosperous society by establishing worldly order‚ redistributing power to the middle class and creating a unified society. To start‚ Tyrants in Athens creating relations with other city states to maintain a
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Herodotus c.484 B.C-c.429/425 B.C. Greek historian. INTRODUCTION Called the "father of history" by the Roman philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero‚ Herodotus is best known for his long and compelling prose account of life in Greece‚ Asia Minor‚ and Egypt which focuses on the causes and events of the Greco-Persian Wars. For Herodotus‚ history (historiai) meant "inquiry‚" and his attentions in the History are devoted not just to epic moments in the past‚ but also to geography‚ ethnology‚ and myth
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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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Western Civilization February 8‚ 2009 The Battle of Thermopylae From Herodotus’ The Histories The Battle of Thermopylae‚ which Herodotus recorded in his writing The Histories‚ was one of the most arduous and notable battles of western history. Herodotus was an extremely significant historian who lived during the 5th century B.C. In this primary source writing‚ he portrays how Xerxes was superstitious and tyrannical‚ how the battle
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