Histories
work by Herodotus
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Summary
Histories is a written work[1]. Histories ranks in the top 1% of written work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,480 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: Herodotus[3]
- Genre: travel book[4], historiography[5]
- Depicts: Io[6], Europa[7], Medea[8], Helen of Troy[9], Persian Empire[10], Greco-Persian Wars[11]
- Commons category: Histories (Herodotus)[12]
- Language of work or name: Ancient Greek[13]
- Has part(s): Clio[14], Euterpe[15], Thalia[16], Melpomene[17], Terpsichore[18], Erato[19], Polyhymnia[20], Urania[21], Calliope[22]
- Inception: 440 BC[23]
- Has edition or translation: Histoire d'Hérodote[24], Herodotovy dějiny[25], Istoriya[26], The History of Herodotus[27], The Persian Wars[28], Dějiny[29], Herodotos historia[30], Cyfieithiadau o Herodotus[31], Los nueve libros de la historia[32], Dzieje[33], The boys' and girls' Herodotus[34], Herodots Geschichte[35], Herodoti Musae sive Historiarum libri IX (ed. Strasbourg–Paris, 1816)[36], Herodotus, Historiae (Aldine edition, 1502)[37]
- Narrative location: Anatolia[38], Greece[39], Mesopotamia[40], Egypt[41], Scythia[42]
- Title: Ἱστορίαι[43]
- First line: Ἡροδότου Ἁλικαρνησσέος ἱστορίης ἀπόδεξις ἥδε, ὡς μήτε τὰ γενόμενα ἐξ ἀνθρώπων τῷ χρόνῳ ἐξίτηλα γένηται, μήτε ἔργα μεγάλα τε καὶ θωμαστά, τὰ μὲν Ἕλλησι τὰ δὲ βαρβάροισι ἀποδεχθέντα, ἀκλεᾶ γένηται, τά τε ἄλλα καὶ δι᾽ ἣν αἰτίην ἐπολέμησαν ἀλλήλοισι.[44]
- Copyright status: public domain[45]
- Narrative motif: punishment for desecration of holy places (images, etc.)[46], sterility as punishment for breaking saint's covenant[47]
- Entry in abbreviations table: Hdt.[48]
Why It Matters
Histories has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] Histories is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]