Question

Herodotus is considered the father of history for all of the following reasons, except:
a.
He championed the practice of oral history,
c.
He wrote the history of Persian Wars.
b.
He tried to separate fact from legend.
d.
He interviewed people and looked at various sources.

Answer 1

Answer:

b.

He tried to separate fact from legend.

Answer 2

He tried to separate fact from legend.

Explanation:

• Herodotus spent his entire life working on just one project.
• The project was, an account of the origins and execution of the Greco-persian wars (499 - 479 BC).
• That he called the histories.
• It is from herodotus work that we get the modern meaning of the word history.
• Before herodotus, the greeks had no word for history in the sense of writing a narration of past events in prose.
• Therefore, the roman writer cicero was correct when he called herodotus the father of history.

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1.Herodotus is considered the father of history for all of the following reasons, except: a. He championed the practice of oral history, c. He wrote the history of Persian Wars. b. He tried to separate fact from legend. d. He interviewed people and looked at various sources. Please select the best answer from the choices provided A B C D

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