Hérodote
Hérodote (towards
484-towards 425 before J-C.) is a historian of Greek Antiquity, considered as the
"father" of the history.
During its voyages,
Hérodote discovers various civilizations of Asia Mineure, of Babylonia, of
Egypt and Greece, but also their culture and their history. Towards the 45
years age, it settles in Italy and starts to write its main work, the
Investigation (also called Stories).
The vast work has as an
aim the medic wars, which opposed the Greek cities to the Empire perse to O C century
before J-C In this first historical book, the word "history " takes for the first time the direction of a study
which was the subject of research, investigations, of investigations, even if
the myths and the legends still mix with the account itself.
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