Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
historian
|
| gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:Classical_Greece
Cultural history Ethnography Travel literature Oral tradition Ancient history |
| gptkbp:birthYear |
c. 484 BC
|
| gptkbp:bornIn |
Halicarnassus
|
| gptkbp:contribution |
father of history
|
| gptkbp:deathYear |
c._425_BC
|
| gptkbp:famousQuote |
“The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.”
|
| gptkbp:founded |
historical inquiry
|
| gptkbp:hasWritten |
gptkb:Greco-Persian_Wars
|
| gptkbp:historicalPeriod |
geography
narrative storytelling cultural practices political events critical analysis ethnography cultural relativism subjective interpretation comparative history |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Herodotus
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Thucydides
Modern historians Roman_historians Renaissance_historians |
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Anaxagoras
|
| gptkbp:knownFor |
The Histories
|
| gptkbp:language |
Ancient Greek
|
| gptkbp:legacy |
influenced modern historiography
|
| gptkbp:nationality |
Greek
|
| gptkbp:notableFeature |
Herodotus'_emphasis_on_sources
Herodotus'_ethnographic_approach Herodotus'_exploration_of_different_cultures Herodotus'_focus_on_human_experience Herodotus'_impact_on_anthropology Herodotus'_impact_on_historiography Herodotus'_impact_on_literature Herodotus'_impact_on_political_science Herodotus'_impact_on_sociology Herodotus'_method_of_inquiry Herodotus'_narrative_style Herodotus'_storytelling_techniques |
| gptkbp:notableWork |
The Histories
|
| gptkbp:occupation |
historian
|
| gptkbp:style |
narrative history
|
| gptkbp:tourism |
gptkb:Babylon
gptkb:Egypt gptkb:Persia Scythia |