Histories

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Histories
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Histories

Summary

Histories is a written work[1]. Histories ranks in the top 1% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,891 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Histories authored Herodotus[3].
  • Histories's instance of is recorded as written work[4].
  • Histories's genre is travel book[5].
  • Histories's genre is historiography[6].
  • Histories's depicts is recorded as Io[7].
  • Histories's depicts is recorded as Europa[8].
  • Histories's depicts is recorded as Medea[9].
  • Histories's depicts is recorded as Helen of Troy[10].
  • Histories's depicts is recorded as Persian Empire[11].
  • Histories's depicts is recorded as Greco-Persian Wars[12].
  • Histories's Commons category is recorded as Histories (Herodotus)[13].
  • Histories's language of work or name is recorded as Ancient Greek[14].
  • Histories comprises Clio[15].
  • Histories comprises Euterpe[16].
  • Histories comprises Thalia[17].
  • Histories comprises Melpomene[18].
  • Histories comprises Terpsichore[19].
  • Histories comprises Erato[20].
  • Histories comprises Polyhymnia[21].
  • Histories comprises Urania[22].
  • Histories comprises Calliope[23].
  • 440 BC marks the founding of Histories[24].
  • Histories's has edition or translation is recorded as Histoire d'Hérodote[25].
  • Histories's has edition or translation is recorded as Histoire d'Hérodote[26].
  • Histories's has edition or translation is recorded as Herodotovy dějiny[27].

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Designation and Status

Histories's instance of is recorded as written work[4].

History and Context

440 BC marks the founding of Histories[24].

Why It Matters

Histories ranks in the top 1% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,891 views/month).[2] Histories has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Histories is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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