Sign Up
|
Log In
THE
CHALLENGE
THE
DICTIONARY
LOOK IT UP
VOCABULARY
LISTS
Search Results
Advanced Search
List Builder
Random Word
Herodotus
DEFINITIONS OF:
Herodotus
1
n
the ancient Greek known as the father of history; his accounts of the wars between the Greeks and Persians are the first known examples of historical writing (485-425 BC)
Example of:
historian
,
historiographer
a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it
Launch
WORD FAMILY
USAGE EXAMPLES
Copyright © 2012 Vocabulary.com All Rights Reserved.
·
Home
·
How It Works
·
Blog
·
Help
·
Terms of Use