Herodotus mentions in his histories that the Lydian people suffered in the time of king Atys’ reign (fifth century B.C.) from severe famine for a long period of eighteen years. In order to survive‚ they had to find a system of allocating their resources that would elongate the life of most of their citizens or what an economist might call‚ a way of smoothing consumption. The obvious choice was to daily allocate half of a needed portion to each citizen. For a time people lingered on as patiently as
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Jeremy Popkin’s work From Herodotus to H-Net is a wonderful book‚ and it covers the topic very well. It includes necessary content‚ and it gives readers enough background information to help them along in the narrative‚ specific details about each historian he mentions to give the reader the reasons why they did things in different ways‚ but not enough to drown them in too many details. Popkin has a definite passion in the topic and does his best to convey the ideas to the readers‚ though he does
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the ‘cause’ means. Herodotus‚ the so called ‘father of history’‚ has stark contrast to Thucydides‚ the so called ‘father of Realpolitik’‚ on the way of how they interpret the historical causation. In general‚ Herodotus involves an extensive amount of theology to manifest his moral pedagogy; in contrast‚ Thucydides contempts on the unreasonable exaggeration of the function of the gods‚ and sticks to the scientific facts and forms the model of truthful history. Herodotus emphasizes the significance
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Throughout the course of his life‚ Herodotus traveled extensively across the Greek and Persian worlds collecting stories‚ mythology‚ fables‚ and tales. Using these resources Herodotus sought to create a narrative of the Greek and Persian Wars. However‚ this narrative‚ in a manner similar to Hegel‚ saw the historical conflict as a war between worlds. Herodotus’s The Histories begins with “here is the account of the inquiry of Herodotus of Halicarnassus in order that the deeds of men
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Does Herodotus offer adequate explanations for Greek colonisation in the archaic period? Herodotus gives all ancient historians invaluable insights into colonisation in the archaic period‚ despite having his well known limitations. We must overall regard his work ‘The Histories’ as an equal to archaeological evidence and Thucydides’ work when it comes to studying colonisation in this period. Before I begin this essay‚ however‚ I must first quickly define two crucial terms. The term ‘colonisation’
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Clas 2215 | Assignment 1 | How does the portrayal of the Spartans in Herodotus’ account of the Battle of Thermopylae relate to the ‘Spartan Mirage’? | | Mohammed Hasan B00524306 | 2/14/2013 | To fully understand how Herodotus portrays the Spartans in the battle of Thermopylae with relation to the ‘Spartan Mirage’‚ we must first completely understand what the ‘Spartan Mirage’ means. Spartans were known to be the military power of Greece; their sole purpose was towards military strength
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Motivation and Narrative in Herodotus. New York ‚ United Sated: Oxford University press. Boisestate. (2010). What is imperialism . Retrieved 03 12‚ 2014‚ from Biostate edu: http://edtech2.boisestate.edu/lockwoodm/Imperialism/WhatIs.htm Burn‚ A. (1964). atschool. Retrieved 01 31‚ 2014‚ from persia and the greeks ‚ the defence of the west : hhtp://atschol.eduweb.w.uk/sivvobtich.suffolk/part/docs/20/xerxes.htm Butterfild‚ B. J. (1997). The persian Wars by Herodotus. Retrieved 03 06‚ 14‚ from Meadans:
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exactly what is happening in other area’s‚ only what is happening in front of them. As such‚ a lot of what is considered facts in Aeschylus is more likely to be hearsay and rumours‚ although it may also be accurate. Also‚ it was written before Herodotus‚
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In both Herodotus’ The Histories and Sima Qian’s Records of the Grand Historian‚ there is a great deal of attention paid to the non-Greek and non-Chinese foreigners encountered by both historians. Herodotus’ work arises from his extensive travels and interest in other peoples‚ while Sima Qian’s “The Account of Dayuan” serves a strictly strategic purpose to facilitate the Han emperor’s rule. However‚ both works do share a common theme of ethnocentric superiority. Herodotus and Sima Qian imply the
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believe what Krentz is really trying to create is a credible aspect to his and Herodotus’ theory. But what Krentz’s is really trying to accomplish or convey is the fact that Herodotus was correct about the Athenians mile-long charge to meet the Persians in battle‚ Miltiades military strategy to remove the deadly Persian cavalry from the fight and overall an Athenian victory. Krentz is trying to bring credibility to Herodotus’ telling through his own professional analysis. Perhaps one of the most important
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