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Excerpt from Herodotus, Vol. 1

Herodotijs, the oldest of the Greek historians, and called by Cicero the Father of History,' was born at Halicarnassus in Caria, an extensive town of Asia Minor, 484 years before Christ. His fa ther's name was Lyxes, and that of his mother Dryo: he was of an illustrious family, originally Dorian, and both his parents were of high estate, according to Strabo, who also mentions that he had an only brother named Theodorus.

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Excerpt from Herodotus, Vol. 1

Herodotus, a celebrated historian of Halicarnassus, was born at Caria, in the first year of the seventy-fourth Olympiad, answering to B.C, 484.When he grew up, he left his native place, in order to travel, for the acquisition of knowledge through Greece, Thrace, Scythia, Mesopotamia, Syria, and Egypt After collecting, in this way, all the information he could obtain concerning the history and origin of nations, he retired to the isle of Samos, and composed this history. He was in his thirty-ninth year, when a generous desire of fame led him to publicly recite it at the Olympic games. It was heard with great applause and admiration, and the names of the nine muses were unanimously given to the nine books into which it is divided. This celebrated composition, which has procured its author the title of father of history is written in the Ionic dialect. Herodotus is among the historians, what Homer is among the poets, and Demosthenes among the orators.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.