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| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:book
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:The_Histories
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| gptkbp:author |
Herodotus
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| gptkbp:contains |
geographical descriptions
ethnographic information mythological elements accounts of customs and religions |
| gptkbp:countryOfOrigin |
Ancient Greece
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| gptkbp:dateWritten |
5th century BCE
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| gptkbp:dividedInto |
Book I: Clio
Book II: Euterpe Book III: Thalia Book IV: Melpomene Book IX: Calliope Book V: Terpsichore Book VI: Erato Book VII: Polymnia Book VIII: Urania |
| gptkbp:firstPublished |
1502
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| gptkbp:genre |
gptkb:history
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:history
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| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:oral_tradition
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| gptkbp:language |
gptkb:Ancient_Greek
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| gptkbp:legacy |
studied in classical education
Herodotus called 'Father of History' influenced later historians such as Thucydides |
| gptkbp:mainTheme |
conflict between Greeks and Persians
customs and histories of various peoples |
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
gptkb:Battle_of_Plataea
gptkb:Battle_of_Salamis gptkb:Battle_of_Marathon gptkb:Battle_of_Thermopylae |
| gptkbp:notableFor |
earliest surviving major history in Western literature
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| gptkbp:notablePerson |
gptkb:Cyrus_the_Great
gptkb:Darius_I gptkb:Xerxes_I Leonidas I Themistocles |
| gptkbp:originalTitle |
Ἱστορίαι
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| gptkbp:preservedIn |
numerous manuscripts
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| gptkbp:significance |
foundation of historical inquiry in the West
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| gptkbp:structure |
9 books
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| gptkbp:style |
prose
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| gptkbp:subject |
gptkb:Greco-Persian_Wars
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| gptkbp:title |
Histories
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Priscus'_History
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Ἱστορίαι (Histories)
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