HyperDic: herodotus

English > 1 sense of the word Herodotus:
NOUNperson Herodotusthe ancient Greek known as the father of history
English > Herodotus: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningThe ancient Greek known as the father of history; his accounts of the wars between the Greeks and Persians are the first known examples of historical writing (485-425 BC).
Instance ofhistorian, historiographerA person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it
SpanishHeródoto, Herodotus

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