1. Herodotus - Noun
2. Herodotus - Proper noun
the 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)
Source: WordNetHerodotus says, "Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects." Mark Twain
Both Herodotus and Thycidides describe the Macedonians as foreigners, a distinct people lying outside the frontiers of the Greek-city states. Eugene N. Borza
A couple years ago, the novelist Russell Banks told me he was reading the ancient Greek historian Herodotus. I asked why. He said, 'Because I've always wanted to and am tired of having my reading assigned.' I thought it was a marvelous declaration of independence. Richard Russo
Among the various textual notes that appear in academic journals, I still find much to commend in the articles by J. Enoch Powell in the Classical Quarterly for 1935 and 1938. His suggestions and conjectures are also implicit in his absolutely indispensable Lexicon to Herodotus. Enoch Powell
Herodotus is quoted by Plutarch in Themistocles (21.1): he said he came escorting two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion. Themistocles
According to Herodotus, Alyattes invaded Miletus annually to burn their crops over the course of several years. Source: Internet