The Histories Herodotus Summary
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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. Herodotus starts this document with what seems to be an insult towards the Persians in how they handle the rituals of religion, but doesn’t continue in that tone. He states the Persians consider the acts of using temples and alters for the gods as …show more content…
Since we know that the Romans typically did see themselves above that of any other race it was not a surprise that the very first entry in this document was to consider the Germans to be Iindigenous. In his own rigid ways, he records their differences, but it doesn’t seem like he’s pointing them out as differences from the Romans. Instead, even though he doesn’t say it, it seems he is accusing the Germans of being weak and reliant on their own environment. Even the comments that I think should be compliments like their race in completely free of interracial mixing and the words like “fierce blue eyes, red hair….” (Pg. 141) all seems like he may want consider those interesting or special instead come across as inferior. He openly acknowledges the exotic ideas of the value the German men put on the woman of their tribes. I this area I wonder if there is a residue on regret or wonder in his observances of what woman and children mean to these Iindigenous men. His writings of war and battles is the section that demonstrates the highest level of interest of the entire document. He also gives them one forward compliment regarding marriage but you have to snicker to yourself because on the way to the delivery of the complement he calls them barbarians. He does value their strict code on manners and being content with one wife. Which further illustrates his interest in the value they hold for the woman of their
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. Herodotus starts this document with what seems to be an insult towards the Persians in how they handle the rituals of religion, but doesn’t continue in that tone. He states the Persians consider the acts of using temples and alters for the gods as …show more content…
Since we know that the Romans typically did see themselves above that of any other race it was not a surprise that the very first entry in this document was to consider the Germans to be Iindigenous. In his own rigid ways, he records their differences, but it doesn’t seem like he’s pointing them out as differences from the Romans. Instead, even though he doesn’t say it, it seems he is accusing the Germans of being weak and reliant on their own environment. Even the comments that I think should be compliments like their race in completely free of interracial mixing and the words like “fierce blue eyes, red hair….” (Pg. 141) all seems like he may want consider those interesting or special instead come across as inferior. He openly acknowledges the exotic ideas of the value the German men put on the woman of their tribes. I this area I wonder if there is a residue on regret or wonder in his observances of what woman and children mean to these Iindigenous men. His writings of war and battles is the section that demonstrates the highest level of interest of the entire document. He also gives them one forward compliment regarding marriage but you have to snicker to yourself because on the way to the delivery of the complement he calls them barbarians. He does value their strict code on manners and being content with one wife. Which further illustrates his interest in the value they hold for the woman of their