Herodotus stories from the ancient world

Herodotus: Histories of the Ancient World

Cicero called Herodotus the "Father of History." Seeking to understand the reasons for the Persian Wars that pitted the Persians against the Greeks in the 5th century BC, Herodotus conducted a real investigation, objective and meticulous, to the borders of the known world. He can be considered the first historian, even if, in his work, myth and reality still mix.

From the Trojan War to the Battle of Plataea, via Marathon and Thermopylae, from the legendary princesses Io and Europa to the kings Xerxes and Leonidas, via Croesus and Cambyses, Herodotus marvels at the diversity of customs in the ancient world. He describes in detail the lives of the Persians, Greeks and Egyptians, and wonders about the possible existence of cannibalistic cyclopes, giant ants, countries covered in feathers, griffins or men with goat's feet...

"I, Herodotus of Halicarnassus, present here the results of my investigation, so that time may not abolish the memory of what men have accomplished, and that their great exploits may not fall into oblivion. I will relate in particular the reason for the war between the Greeks and the Barbarians." Herodotus (480-425 BC)

This book contains here and there violent scenes, reflections of the customs of the distant era of which Herodotus speaks. Instructive for the informed reader, they could shock children under 9 years old.