Histories by Herodotus

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:book
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:The_Histories
gptkbp:author Herodotus
gptkbp:book gptkb:Euterpe
gptkbp:citation gptkb:Plutarch
gptkb:Thucydides
gptkbp:contains mythology
geographical descriptions
ethnographic information
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin Ancient Greece
gptkbp:criticizedFor inclusion of legends and anecdotes
gptkbp:dateWritten 5th century BCE
gptkbp:dividedInto nine books named after the Muses
gptkbp:eighthBookTitle gptkb:Urania
gptkbp:fifthBook gptkb:Terpsichore
gptkbp:firstBook gptkb:Clio
gptkbp:firstPrintedLocation gptkb:Venice
gptkbp:firstPublished 1502
gptkbp:focusesOn gptkb:rise_of_the_Persian_Empire
Greek city-states
major battles such as Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis, Plataea
gptkbp:fourthBookTitle gptkb:Melpomene
gptkbp:genre history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Histories by Herodotus
gptkbp:influenced history
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:oral_tradition
gptkbp:legacy Father of History
source for ancient customs and events
gptkbp:mainTheme conflict between Greeks and Persians
gptkbp:ninthBookTitle gptkb:Calliope
gptkbp:notableFor first major narrative history in Western literature
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:praisedFor storytelling style
detailed observations
gptkbp:preservedIn numerous manuscripts
gptkbp:referencedIn gptkb:Encyclopaedia_Britannica
gptkb:Oxford_Classical_Dictionary
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Ancient_Mediterranean_world
gptkbp:seventhBook gptkb:Polymnia
gptkbp:sixthBook gptkb:Erato
gptkbp:structure nine books
gptkbp:studiedIn classical studies
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Greco-Persian_Wars
ancient history
gptkbp:thirdPlace gptkb:Thalia
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:Aubrey_de_Sélincourt
gptkb:George_Rawlinson
many languages
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Midas
gptkb:Atossa
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5