noun

Hērŏdŏtus

gen. Hērŏdŏti · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

= Ἡρόδοτος

celebrated as the earliest Greek historian; born at Halicarnassus •

celebrated as the earliest Greek historian, born at Halicarnassus, 484 B. C.: quamquam et apud Herodotum, patrem historiae et apud Theopompum sunt innumerabiles fabulae, Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 5; id. de Or. 2, 13, 55; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 73; 101; 9, 4, 16; 18.

Perseus ID: n20569 Key: Herodotus