Who Was Herodotus?

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Roel Konijnendijk is on this new episode of The Ancients with Tristian Hughes about Herodotus. What drove Herodotus to write the first great story of history? Tristan Hughes speaks with Dr. Roel Konijnendijk to uncover the world of Herodotus of Halicarnassus—the traveler, investigator, and storyteller behind The Histories. From Persian kings to Greek heroes, they explore his methods, digressions, and the quest to explain why empires rose, wars raged, and memory became history. 0:00 Introduction to Herodotus 1:15 The Father of History: Inventing the Narrative 3:13 The Man Behind the Work: Life in Halicarnassus 6:00 A World Traveller: Exploring the Mediterranean 10:00 Presenting History as Ancient Entertainment 12:20 The Purpose of the Histories: Greeks vs Barbarians 15:55 Ethnography and the Strange Customs of Foreigners 18:30 Sources and Reliability: Fact or Hearsay? 27:00 Structure of the Histories: From Cyrus to Xerxes 31:11 Herodotus as a Source for Ancient Sparta 39:00 The Climax: Narrating the Greco-Persian Wars Presented by Tristan Hughes. Producers are Joseph Knight & McKenna Fernandez, senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff. Editor is Matthew Wilson. Channel manager is Vilde Øksnes. Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. All music from Epidemic Sounds. #HistoryHitPodcast #TheAncients #Herodotus