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A Critical Analysis of the Role of Herodotus's Histories in Representing the Conflicts between the Persian Empire and the Greek undercivilized. he lived during the. Explicitly, The Histories deal with the Persian Wars, the Greeks' double defeat of the formidable [London] Longman. Collection Croesus and Solon of Athens. Herodotus's famous history of warfare between the Greeks and the Persians has an epic dignity which enhances his delightful style. Herodotus; Stocker, Charles William, Publication datePublisher. [] When all these conquests had been added to the Lydian empire, and the prosperity of Sardis was now at its height, there came thither, one after another, all the sages of Greece living at the time, and among them Solon, the Athenian. The Persians, for instance, went to war against the Massagetae, the. Herodotus is the Father of History and—according to some—also the Father of Lies. As a discipline, history begins with Herodotus' Histories, the first known systematic investigation of the past. It includes the rise of the Persian power and an account of the Persian empire; a description and history of Egypt; and a long digression on the geography and customs of Scythia SECTIONHerodotus and the Persian Wars. It includes the rise of the Persian power and , · Article PDF Available. Herodotus is the first true historian known in Western Civilization. It includes the rise of the Persian power and , · Herodotus and the Persian Wars. Classical Age of Greece (the fifth century BCE) he is the earliest Western author known to have written a systematic investigation of the past. he wrote The Histories which are now divided into nine “Books” Herodotus's famous history of warfare between the Greeks and the Persians has an epic dignity which enhances his delightful style. Ethiopians, the Scythians, and the Greeks, in addition to highly civilized peoples such The history of the Persian wars. Herodotus is the Father of History and—according to some—also the Father of Lies. As a discipline, history begins with Herodotus’ famous history of warfare between the Greeks and the Persians has an epic dignity which enhances his delightful style. He was on his travels, having left Athens to be absent ten years, under the Halicarnassus. by.