num_pages: 436
description: Herodotus of Halicarnassus was an Ionian traveler and storyteller who lived in the 5th century BC. He is almost exclusively known for writing The Histories, a collection of "inquiries" about the places and peoples he encountered during his wide-ranging travels around the Mediterranean littoral and into the Mesopotamia.
language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
title: Historiae 5-9
titlecomplete: Historiae 5-9
genres: Iran, Nonfiction, Classics, History
ratings_count: 48
publisher: Clarendon Press