Question

Define History according to Herodotus

Answer 1

Sometime around the year 425 B.C., the writer and geographer Herodotus published his magnum opus: a long account of the Greco-Persian Wars that he called The Histories. (The Greek word “historie” means “inquiry.”) Before Herodotus, no writer had ever made such a systematic, thorough study of the past or tried to explain the cause-and-effect of its events. After Herodotus, historical analysis became an indispensable part of intellectual and political life. Scholars have been following in Herodotus’ footsteps for 2,500 years.

Answer 2

The word 'history' is basically made up of two words:'his' and 'story'.'His' refers to the people of old times and history is the study of past.It is derived from Greek word ἱστορία, historia, meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation") History is kind of a story or recollection of past.