the ancient Greek known as the father of history; his accounts of the wars between the Greeks and Persians are the first known examples of historical writing (425-485 BC)

Herodotus of Halicarnassus (in Greek, , HÄ“rodotos Halikarnāsseus) was a Dorian Greek historian who lived in the 5th century BC (484 BC–ca.425 BC) and is regarded as the "father of history". He is almost exclusively known for writing The Histories, a collection of 'inquiries' (or '', a word which passed into Latin and took on its modern connotation of 'history') about the places and peoples he encountered during his wide-ranging travels around the Mediterranean. The theme for this work was the conflict between the ancient Greeks and the Persians or 'Medes'.

(484?-425? BC) A Greek historian who was the author of The Histories.

Greek traveller and writer of the 5th century BCE, one of the greatest sources of Greek history.

Herodotus of Harlicanassus, the "Father of History"; fourth century Greek historian whose work, The Histories, is the main source for the Medes and Pteria.

person - (484? - 425? BCE) Greek historian who wrote The Histories, which chronicle, among other things, the building of the pyramids.