WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Herodotus is most well known for his historical accounts. He is remembered as being arguably the very first historian ever. He explicitly states in his introduction that he wishes to preserve the events in order for the Greeks and the barbarians to receive their due.

Detailed explanation-2: -His principal aim was to explain the unlikely Greek victory against the much stronger Persian army in the so-called Persian Wars that ravaged the Greek world between 500 and 449 BCE. For his pioneering critical enquiry into the past he was named “father of history” by Cicero.

Detailed explanation-3: -Herodotus (l. c. 484 – 425/413 BCE) was a Greek historian famous for his work Histories. He was called The Father of History by the Roman writer Cicero, who admired him, but has also been rejected as The Father of Lies by critics, ancient and modern, who claim his work is little more than tall tales.