Description Herodotus was a Greek historian who lived in the fifth century BC (c.
The Histories.
He is widely referred to as "The Father of History" (first conferred by Cicero); he was the first historian known to have broken from Homeric tradition to treat historical subjects as a method of investigation-specifically, by collecting his materials systematically and critically, and then arranging them into a historiographic narrative. 484-425 BC), a contemporary of Socrates.
Description Herodotus was a Greek historian who lived in the fifth century BC (c