Associations to the word «Herodotus»

Wiktionary

HERODOTUS, proper noun. An ancient historian who lived from 484 to 425 BC.

Dictionary definition

HERODOTUS, noun. 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 (485-425 BC).

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke