In the histories he describes the expansion of the achaemenid empire under its kings cyrus the great cambyses and darius i the great culminating in king xerxes expedition in 480 bce against the greeks which met with disaster in the naval engagement at salamis and the.

Herodotus quotes egypt png. In peace sons bury their fathers. Nobody is mad enough to choose war whilst there is peace. 44 herodotus quotes inspirational quotes at brainyquote. 66 notable quotes by herodotus for chroniclers.

It was the fault of the greek gods who with their arrogance encouraged me to march onto your lands. He says that the two gods that were considered very holy all over egypt were isis and osiris. Herodotus on egypt quotes. Sometimes herodotus is quite specific about linking an egyptian god to a greek one.

Peace war bury sons. The priests of the gods in other lands wear long hair but in egypt they shave their heads. Herodotus quotes a collection of quotes and thoughts by herodotus on persia wars ancient egypt thucydides miseries men history sons fathers battle of thermopylae and marathon. Widely referred to as the father of history he was the first historian known to have broken from homeric tradition to treat.

He asked croesus who told you to attack my land and meet me as an enemy instead of a friend the king replied it was caused by your good fate and my bad fate. Other men have their daily living separated from beasts but the egyptians have theirs together with beasts. Good knowledge ignorance evil. Among other men the custom is that in mourning those whom the matter concerns most nearly have their hair cut short but the egyptians when deaths occur let their hair grow long both that on the head and that on the chin having before been close shaven.

74 quotes from herodotus. Of the animals that live with men there are great numbers and would be many more but for the accidents which befall the cats. The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance. In war fathers bury their sons.

Herodotus is considered by many to be the first historian. The greek researcher and storyteller herodotus of halicarnassus fifth century bce was the world s first historian. Born in halicarnassus around 490 bc he visited egypt during the persian occupation the twenty seventh dynasty the second volume of his histories describes egypt s geography and people and recounts a few semi mythical stories about some pharaohs. Subscribe herodotus greek historian herodotus a contemporary of socrates was a greek historian who was born in halicarnassus caria and lived in the fifth century bc.

Herodotus and the oracle at delphi is an article from the classical journal volume 1.

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