Herodotus reads his History

19th-century illustration, "Herodotus reading his History," drawn by H. Leutemann. Considered the "father of history," Herodotus is best known for his writings about the Persian Wars of the fifth century B.C.

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Image keywords: 5th-century-BC, Ancient, Eon417, EonBudget, Europe, Greece, Herodotus, Illustrations, People, Persian Wars, War-Conflict, historians, literature, orators, reading