Herodotus (c. 484–c. 425 BC), known as the "Father of History”, wrote Histories which is considered the first known systematic investigation of the past. It’s a narrative history of the Greco-Persian Wars, which Herodotus recounts objectively, drawing on his travels through the Greek world. The work also includes geography, gossip, gods, and arithmetic   Thucydides (460 - 400 BC), the ancient Greek historian of the Peloponnesian War between Sparta and Athens, has long been considered the father of both scientific history and political realism.  Thucydides' analysis of the Peloponnesian War leads to his biggest theory, that when an overly ambitious rising nation threatens the dominance of a more powerful nation, the two are likely to go to war.   research either Herodotus or Thucydides and summarize their major writings, their potential audiences, and their points of view.

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Herodotus (c. 484–c. 425 BC), known as the "Father of History”, wrote Histories which is considered the first known systematic investigation of the past. It’s a narrative history of the Greco-Persian Wars, which Herodotus recounts objectively, drawing on his travels through the Greek world. The work also includes geography, gossip, gods, and arithmetic

 

Thucydides (460 - 400 BC), the ancient Greek historian of the Peloponnesian War between Sparta and Athens, has long been considered the father of both scientific history and political realism.  Thucydides' analysis of the Peloponnesian War leads to his biggest theory, that when an overly ambitious rising nation threatens the dominance of a more powerful nation, the two are likely to go to war.

 

research either Herodotus or Thucydides and summarize their major writings, their potential audiences, and their points of view.  

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