The Battle of Artemisium. The Battle of Salamis. The Greek victories. The retreat of Xerxes. Herodotus, born to a wealthy family in Halicarnassus, probably around 484 BC. From the various information about his life, it is confirmed that he lived for some time in his youth on Samos, that he traveled to Greece, Scythia, Pontus, and the East, and that he participated in the colonization of Thurii, the city where he died around 430 BC.

Herodotus' writing, a work for which he was called the 'Father of History', was divided by Alexandrian scholars into nine books (each titled with the name of a Muse) based on their content. The historian begins his narrative with the rise of the Persian Empire, continues with the history and anthropology of Egypt, the conquest of this country by the Persians, their relations with the Western world, and culminates his work with the Persian Wars.

Drawing information from oral tradition, written sources, and archaeology, and also utilizing mythological data, Herodotus composes his History in the Ionian dialect, which is characterized by sincerity, objectivity, and an unbiased approach to individuals, peoples, and events.

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