HERODOTUS of Halicarnassus.

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HERODOTUSof Halicarnassus.

• The Father of History

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Homer
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The Apotheosis of Homer

• The Iliad
• The Odyssey

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Herodotus?
Bald head
Furrowed brow
Cleft beard
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Herodotus ?????t??

• Born c484 BC?
• Died c430 BC?
• Does not mention anything after 430 BC,
  especially the destruction of Aegina in 424.

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Herodotus of Halicarnassus

• Born Halicarnassus
• Son of Lyxes and Dryo.
• Related to the epic poet Panyasis.
• Exiled to Samos.
• Died at Thurii, southern Italy.

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Halicarnassus
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Halicarnassus ModernBodrum, Turkey.
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The Persian Empire
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Persepolis
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Halicarnassus

• Greek colony.
• 353 BC Mausolus tomb a wonder of the world

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?st????? (Historiê)

• Originally a series of lectures?
• Arranged into 9 scrolls or Books.
• Romans named each book after a muse.
• Each book consists of three units, or logoi one
  lecture?

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The Muses

• Book 6- Erato Muse of love poetry and mimicry.
• The invasion of Darius.
• Book 7 Polymnia Muse of dancing and geometry.
• The invasion of Xerxes.

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History?
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The English Patient effect
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The Histories.

• Style.
• Content.
• Personal opinion.
• Beliefs.
• Evidence.
• Facts.
• Accuracy.

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Scope of the Module

• This module deals principally with areas of
  literature and society, but is also concerned
  with history and politics. Candidates should have
  a detailed knowledge of the set texts they also
  need to know in outline the history of the period
  with which the prescribed text deals, but
  detailed historical knowledge is not required.
  The course might begin with some study of the
  ancient historians collection and treatment of
  their material what did they regard as
  historical sources, how carefully did they test
  the accuracy of their evidence, what did they
  think was the purpose of writing history? In
  tackling these questions, appropriate comparisons
  with the attitudes and approaches of modern
  historians might well be made. Candidates might
  then examine selected episodes from the
  prescribed texts in detail, comparing the
  different ways in which the different writers
  select, represent and explain events, and
  contrasting the approaches of historians and
  biographers. Some important considerations would
  be the literary form chosen by the writers (for
  example, their use of speeches and set-piece
  descriptions), the moral values and social
  attitudes implicit in their works, and their
  treatment of religion and of supernatural
  causation.