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Herodotus, known as the 'Father of History', was a renowned Greek historian. Born in 484 BC and died in 425 BC, he is celebrated for his meticulous research and unique narrative style. His masterpiece, 'The Histories', documents the Greco-Persian Wars and the customs of the regions around them.

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“Here they resisted to the last, with their swords if they had them, and if not, with their hands and teeth”

War Motivation Fear Determination Bravery

Book:Herodotus Histories Vol 1

Source: Herodotus Histories Vol 1

“After all, no one is stupid enough to prefer war to peace; in peace sons bury their fathers and in war fathers bury their sons.”

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“In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.”

War Order Father Peace Military Son Anti War No War Just War

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“In peace children inter their parents, war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.”

Inspirational Children War Order Causes Peace Parent

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“And now for the vapor-bath: on a framework of three sticks, meeting at the top, they stretch pieces of woolen cloth, taking care to get the joints as perfect as they can, and inside this little tent they put a dish with red-hot stones in it. Then they take some hemp seed, creep into the tent, and throw the seed on to the hot stones. At once it begins to smoke, giving off a vapor unsurpassed by any vapor-bath one could find in Greece. The Sythians enjoy it so much that they howl with pleasure. This is their substitute for an ordinary bath in water, which they never use.”

“Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.”

War Evil Effort Greater Strife

Author:Herodotus