Herodotus
Herodotus
3D
Published 2019-06-19T08:38:49+00:00
This bust is a 3rd Century AD copy of a Greek original of the 4th Century BC.
Herodotus (c. 484 BC – c. 425 BC) was an ancient Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus in the Persian Empire (modern-day Bodrum, Turkey). He is known for having written the book The Histories, a detailed record of his "inquiry" (ἱστορία historía) on the origins of the Greco-Persian Wars. He is widely considered to have been the first writer to have treated historical subjects using a method of systematic investigation—specifically, by collecting his materials and then critically arranging them into an historiographic narrative. On account of this, he is often referred to as "The Father of History", a title first conferred on him by the first-century BC Roman orator Cicero.
| Date published | 19/06/2019 |
| Complexity | Medium |
| Title | Herodotus |
| Date | 3rd Century AD |
| Accession | 6146 |
| Period | Roman |
| Medium | Marble |
| Credit | Copy of a Greek original of the early 4th Century BC |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli |
