Herodotus of Halicarnassus (Greek: Ἡρόδοτος Ἁλικαρνᾱσσεύς Hēródotos Halikarnāsseús) was a Greek historian who lived in the 5th century BC (c. 484 BC – c. 425 BC) and is regarded as the “Father of History” in Western culture. He was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent and arrange them in a well-constructed and vivid narrative.[1] He is almost exclusively known for writing The Histories, a record of his “inquiries” (or ἱστορίαι, a word that passed into Latin and took on its modern meaning of history) into the origins of the Greco-Persian Wars which occurred in 490 and 480-479 BC—especially since he includes a narrative account of that period, which would otherwise be poorly documented; and many long digressions concerning the various places and peoples he encountered during wide-ranging travels around the lands of the Mediterranean and Black Sea. Although some of his stories were not completely accurate, he claimed that he was reporting only what had been told to him (sourced from wikipedia).
I, like Polish author Ryszard Kapuscinski (see Travels with Herodotus), am reflecting on my travels, histories if you will, as I move through the world for pleasure and work. I am starting in South East Asia, based in Thailand. Hopefully my wide ranging travels will be a narrative of the time in which I travel and places I travel to. They will be as accurate as far as they are my impressions. I was in the last week of my thirtieth year when I started.
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