Herodotus reports

In Western society, the use of oral material goes back to the early Greek historians Herodotus and Thucydides, both of whom made extensive use of oral reports from witnesses.

Herodotus, the oldest source of the story, reports that Charaxus ransomed Rhodopis for a large sum and that after he returned to Mitylene, Sappho scolded him in verse.

Herodotus reports that the Phoenicians called the island Callista and lived on it for eight generations.

In contrast, Thucydides claims to confine himself to factual reports of contemporary political and military events, based on unambiguous, first-hand, eye-witness accounts, although, unlike Herodotus, he does not reveal his sources.

Herodotus reports another version, in which Medea and her son Medus fled from Athens to the Iranian plateau and lived among the Aryans, who then changed their name to the Medes.

Herodotus reports that Scythians used cannabis, both to weave their clothing and to cleanse themselves in its smoke ( Hist.

Herodotus reports the campaign of the pharaoh in his Histories, Book 2: 159:

Herodotus ( 4. 42 ) also reports that Necho sent out an expedition of Phoenicians, who in three years sailed from the Red Sea around Africa back to the mouth of the Nile.

Herodotus reports that towards the 6th Century BCE, the island belonged to Ermioni, which sold it to Samos.

Although the 2006 Encyclopædia Britannica reflects Herodotus, stating, " They Cimmerians probably did live in the area north of the Black Sea, but attempts to define their original homeland more precisely by archaeological means, or even to fix the date of their expulsion from their country by the Scythians, have not so far been completely successful ," in recent research academic scholars have made use of documents dating to centuries earlier than Herodotus, such as intelligence reports to Sargon, and note that these identify the Cimmerians as living south rather than north of the Black Sea.

Herodotus reports that as the Allies approached the Persian camp, rumour spread amongst them of an Allied victory at Plataea ; Diodorus also claims that Leotychides informed the Allies of victory at Plataea before the battle began.

Herodotus reports that the Persians fought well at first, but that the Athenians and the contingents with them wished to win the victory before the Spartans arrived, and thus attacked ever more zealously.

There ´ s not much known about Khafra, except the historical reports of Herodotus, who describes Khafra as a cruel and heretic ruler, who closed the Egyptian temples.

Herodotus reports that when Darius heard of the burning of Sardis, he swore vengeance upon the Athenians ( after asking who they indeed were ), and tasked a servant with reminding him three times each day of his vow: " Master, remember the Athenians ".

Herodotus reports that the Alcmaeonidae were widely believed to have been behind this act of treachery.

Though Herodotus reports that Artabazus slaughtered them, Boetiaeans continued to live in the area.

In book IV of The Histories, Herodotus reports

Herodotus reports that " the Athenians made clear their deep grief for the taking of Miletus in many ways, but especially in this: when Phrynichus wrote a play entitled “ The Fall of Miletus ” and produced it, the whole theatre fell to weeping ; they fined Phrynichus a thousand drachmas for bringing to mind a calamity that affected them so personally, and forbade the performance of that play forever.

Herodotus reports that Onomacritus was hired by Pisistratus to compile the oracles of Musaeus, but that Onomacritus inserted forgeries of his own that were detected by Lasus of Hermione.

The historian Herodotus ( 9. 73 ) reports that its citizens enjoyed a special relationship with Sparta.

Shortly after her birth, Herodotus reports that Astyages had a strange dream where his daughter urinated so much that Asia would flood.

The Issedones were known to Greeks as early as the late seventh century BCE, for Stephanus Byzantinus reports that the poet Alcman mentioned " Essedones " and Herodotus reported that a legendary Greek of the same time, Aristeas son of Kaustrobios of Prokonnessos ( or Cyzicus ), had managed to penetrate the country of the Issedones and observe their customs first-hand.

Nevertheless, there are still some historians who believe Herodotus made up much of his story.

Some " calumnious fictions " were written about Herodotus in a work titled On the Malice of Herodotus, by Plutarch, a Theban by birth, ( or it might have been a Pseudo-Plutarch, in this case " a great collector of slanders "), including the allegation that the historian was prejudiced against Thebes because the authorities there had denied him permission to set up a school.

Herodotus's recitation at Olympia was a favourite theme among ancient writers and there is another interesting variation on the story to be found in the Suda, Photius and Tzetzes, in which a young Thucydides happened to be in the assembly with his father and burst into tears during the recital, whereupon Herodotus observed prophetically to the boy's father: " Thy son's soul yearns for knowledge.

Herodotus reveals affection for the island of Samos ( III, 39-60 ) and this is an indication that he might have lived there in his youth.

According to Eusebius and Plutarch, Herodotus was granted a financial reward by the Athenian assembly in recognition of his work and there may be some truth in this.

Aristotle refers to a version of The Histories written by ' Herodotus of Thurium ' and indeed some passages in the Histories have been interpreted as proof that he wrote about southern Italy from personal experience there ( IV, 15, 99 ; VI 127 ).

Embedded in Greek myth, there remain fragments of quite variant tales, hinting at the rich variety of myth that once existed, city by city ; but Hesiod's retelling of the old stories became, according to the fifth-century historian Herodotus, the accepted version that linked all Hellenes.

Using Herodotus ' standard of 600 feet for one stadium obtains 4545 miles ; however, there is no way to tell which standard foot was in effect.

It is assumed that they had shrines at the top, but there is no archaeological evidence for this and the only textual evidence is from Herodotus.

This civilization seems to have fallen into decline by the late Bronze Age, when, according to Herodotus, Macedonian tribes from the north marched into Peloponnese, where they were called Dorians and subjugating the local tribes, settled there.

Nevertheless, there are still some historians who believe Herodotus made up much of his story.

Coincidentally archaeology has turned up a major fire on the acropolis of Xanthus in the mid-6th century BC, but as Anthony Keen points out, there is no way to connect that fire with the event presented by Herodotus.

In the Ancient Near East along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers there were many shrines and temples or " houses of heaven " dedicated to various deities documented by the Ancient Greek historian Herodotus in The Histories where sacred prostitution was a common practice.

It is assumed that they had shrines at the top, but there is no archaeological evidence for this and the only textual evidence is from Herodotus.

The traditional view based on the majority of ancient sources, e. g., Darius the Great's Behistun inscription, as well as Herodotus, Justin, and Ctesias, although there are minor differences between them.

However according to Herodotus who gives two detailed stories, Bardiya went to Egypt with Cambyses and was there for some time but later Cambyses sent him back to Susa out of envy, because " Bardiya alone could draw the bow brought from the Ethiopian king.

According to Herodotus ( The Histories, I. 144 ), the victory tripods were not to be taken from the temple sanctuary precinct, but left there as dedications.

Nevertheless, there are still some historians who believe Herodotus made up much of his story.

while Herodotus suggests that there were 60, 000 men in the army under the command of Tigranes.

Khufu's obit is presented there in a conflicting way: While the king enjoyed a long lasting cultural heritage preservation during the period of the Old Kingdom and the New Kingdom, the ancient historians Manetho, Diodor and Herodotus hand down a very negative depiction of Khufu's character.

Nevertheless, there are still many historians who believe Herodotus ' account has an anti-Persian bias and that much of his story was embellished for dramatic effect.

Herodotus suggests that this was because Histiaeus was desperate to return to Ionia, and thought he would be sent to Ionia if there was a rebellion.

Nevertheless, there are still some historians who believe Herodotus made up much of his story.