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Histories

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Conflicting accounts of how Hellenes and Persians came to quarrel open Herodotus's inquiry into the ancient world. He sets out to preserve notable deeds and explain the causes of war, comparing stories told by different peoples before turning to events he considers better established. Croesus, the Lydian ruler, enters this account through the tribute he demands from some communities and the friendships he makes with others. Behind these changes of power lies the observation that the fortunes of cities rise and fall.

Royal households, succession disputes and overseas settlements also shape the account. Disappointed in his hopes of gaining a throne, Dorieos gathers followers and seeks a colony in Libya, then later turns to Sicily. Herodotus records competing local versions of his involvement in a conflict between Sybaris and Croton.

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Herodotus (c. 484-c. 425 BC) was a Greek historian and geographer from Halicarnassus, a city under Persian control in his day, and later a citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy. He wrote the "Histories", an account of the Greco-Persian Wars that also treats other subjects, among them the rise of the Achaemenid dynasty under Cyrus.

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Author
Herodotus
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Pages
517
Language
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