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Article: The Man Who Invented History: Travels with Herodotus.(Brief article)(Book review)

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June 22, 2009
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The Man Who Invented History: Travels with Herodotus. Justin Marozzi. John Murray. [pounds sterling]25.00. xvii + 333 pages. ISBN 978-0-6195-6711-7. Herodotus of Halicamassus is credited with being the 'Father of History' or at least of history as a record with varying degrees of factual accuracy of what happened in the past, written down to instruct readers as well as to inform them, in Herodotus' case, his task was to describe the long-lasting hostility between Greece and the Persian Empire and to bring to life the areas wherein this stage of ...

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