Herodotus

Herodotus was born around 484 BC in Halicarnassus (now Bodrum, Turkey), a Greek city then under Persian rule. Ancient sources say that his family took part in opposing the city's ruler and that he lived for a time on the island of Samos. He traveled widely, visiting Egypt, Phoenicia, Babylon, the Black Sea region and many parts of Greece, and he spent time in Athens. He later joined the Greek colony of Thurii in southern Italy. His Histories, the first great prose history in Greek, set out to explain the causes and events of the wars between the Greeks and the Persian Empire, including the battles of Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis, so that great deeds would not be forgotten. Along the way he describes the customs, geography and stories of many peoples, often reporting what he was told even when he doubted it. The Roman writer Cicero called him the 'father of history', though some ancient critics also accused him of telling tales. He died around 425 BC.

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Faith: Faith not well documented beyond the Greek religion of his time. Source: Wikipedia