The Histories

• The Histories are a series of works recording the Greco-Persian Wars, by Herodotus (c.484-c.420 BCE).

Herodotus

• Herodotus was an Ancient Greek historian who wrote The Histories recording the Greco-Persian Wars.
• Cicero was the first to call him ‘The Father of History’.
• There were seven known Greek historians before him, according to Dionysius of Halicarnassus, but they tended to concentrate on their own cities or regions.

The Histories

• Published in c.430 BCE, these recount the stories of the Persian Kings in 9 books named after the nine Muses:

• • Cyrus
    • Book 1: ‘Clio’

• • Cambyses
    • Book 2: ‘Euterpe’
    • Book 3.1: ‘Thalia’

• • Darius
    • Book 3.2: ‘Thalia’
    • Book 4: ‘Melpomene’
    • Book 5: ‘Terpsichore’
    • Book 6: ‘Erato’

• • Xerxes
    • Book 7: ‘Polyhymnia’
    • Book 8: ‘Urania’
    • Book 9: ‘Calliope’