Insights into Ancient Greek Historians: Herodotus and Thucydides
Delve into the pioneering work of ancient Greek historians like Herodotus and Thucydides, who laid the foundation for writing history as a study of real past events. Explore their unique perspectives on preserving the fame of significant achievements and documenting historical events, including the Invasion of Greece and the Battle of Marathon.
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Writing History was a Greek invention: = enquiry What is History? The study of past events Real not made up
Here are presented the results of the enquiry carried out by Herodotus of Halicarnassus. The purpose is to prevent the traces of human events from being erased by time, and to preserve the fame of the important and remarkable achievements produced by both Greeks and non-Greeks.
Invasion of Greece and the battle of Marathon 490 BC
Thucydides the Athenian wrote the history of the war fought between Athens and Sparta, beginning the account at the very outbreak of the war, in the belief that it was going to be a great war and more worth writing about than any other which had taken place in the past.
