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Herodotus

484 BC - 425 BC

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Herodotus (Ancient Greek: Ἡρόδοτος, romanized: Hēródotos; c. 484 – c. 425 BC) was a Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus (now Bodrum, Turkey), under Persian control in the 5th century BC, and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy. He wrote the Histories, a detailed account of the Greco-Persian Wars, among other subjects such as the rise of the Achaemenid dynasty of Cyrus. He has been described as "The Father of History", a title conferred on him by the ancient Roman orator Cicero, and the "Father of Lies" by others. The Histories primarily cover the lives of prominent kings and famous battles such as Marathon, Thermopylae, Artemisium, Salamis, Plataea, and Mycale. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Herodotus is the most popular historian, the 3rd most popular biography from Türkiye and the most popular Turkish Historian.

Herodotus is most famous for his work "The Histories", which is a narrative of the wars between the Greeks and the Persians.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Herodotus ranks 1 out of 561. After him are Ibn Khaldun, Thucydides, Sima Qian, Tacitus, Xenophon, Livy, Josephus, Diodorus Siculus, Alexis de Tocqueville, Polybius, and Suetonius.

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Among people born in 484 BC, Herodotus ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 425 BC, Herodotus ranks 1. After him are Zeno of Elea, and Achilles Painter.

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    Herodotus

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    484 BC - 425 BC

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Herodotus ranks 3 out of 1,347. Before him are Suleiman the Magnificent (1494), and Paul the Apostle (5). After him are Mehmed the Conqueror (1432), Thales of Miletus (-623), Heraclitus (-535), Diogenes (-404), Saint Nicholas (270), Saint George (280), Osman I (1254), Hesiod (-800), and Julian (331).

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Among HISTORIANS In Türkiye

Among historians born in Türkiye, Herodotus ranks 1. After him are Hecataeus of Miletus (-550), Cassius Dio (155), Arrian (89), Ali ibn al-Athir (1160), Socrates of Constantinople (380), Niketas Choniates (1155), Libanius (314), Ephorus (-400), Eutropius (320), George Kedrenos (1100), and Eunapius (349).

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