Herodotus. Murashova E.

This book is a fascinating artistic story about life, travel and adventures of Herodotus from Galicarnas, who is also called the "father of history." From it you will learn about the childhood and youth of the famous ancient Greek scientist, about how he learned to know the world, how he collected information for his historical works. Herodotus lived in the 5th century BC. e. And he traveled a lot: he visited Malaya Asia, Babylon, Phenicia, Egypt, various cities of Balkan Greece, the Black Sea coast (before Olbia, now a place south of the city of Nikolaev in Ukraine), where he collected information about the Scythians. He described in detail the history of the Greek-Persian wars, but set his task to tell not only about military operations, but also about the history of the peoples that participated in them. Collecting the material for his work, Herodotus recorded what he saw himself, and the information that he heard from the locals. He was also interested in events and the distant past for his time. It is thanks to him that we now know a lot about the morals and customs of the ancient Greeks, the peoples of the countries of the East and the south of our country.