What is Histories (Herodotus)?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox Book<!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books --> | name = Histories | translator = | image = Herodotus - Historiae, 1908 - 2734989 pagina1.jpg | image_caption = | author = [[Herodotus]] | country = Modern-day [[Greece]] | language = [[Ancient Greek language|Ancient Greek]] | genre = [[History]] |publisher = Various | release_date = c.[[440 BCE]] | isbn = <!-- was first published before {{ISBN|system}} started --> }} '''''The Histories''''' of [[Herodotus]] of [[Halicarnassus]] is considered the first work of history in [[Western literature]]. Written about [[440 BC]] in the [[Ionic dialect]] of [[classical Greek]], ''The Histories'' tells the story of the [[Greco-Persian Wars]] between the [[Achaemenid Empire]] and the [[Polis|Greek city-states]] in the [[5th century BC]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{history-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Histories}} [[Category:History books]] [[Category:Classical Greek literature]] [[Category:5th-century BC books]]