Maritime History
Histories (Herodotus)
The Histories (Greek: Ἱστορίαι, Historíai; also known as The History) of Herodotus (c. 484 – c. 425 BC) is considered the founding work of history in Western literature. Although it is not an impartial record, it remains one of the West's most important sources. It established the genre and study of history in the Western world. The Histories is one of the earliest accounts of the rise of the Persian Empire, as well as the events and causes of the Greco-Persian Wars between the Persian Empire and the Greek city-states in the 5th century BC. Herodotus portrays the conflict as one between the forces of slavery (the Persians) against the forces of freedom (the Athenians and the confederacy of Greek city-states which united against the invaders). The Histories was at some point divided into the nine books that appear in modern editions, conventionally named after the nine Muses. The oldest extant copy of Histories by Herodotus are manuscripts from the Byzantine period dating back to the 9th and 10th centuries CE (the Codex Laurentianus Codex A).
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