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Author of the "Histories," Ancient Greek Historian, Geographer, Resident of the Greek City of Halicarnassus
: An ancient Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus, part of the Persian Empire (now Bodrum, Turkey) and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria (Italy). He is known for having written the Histories ? a detailed account of the Greco-Persian Wars. Herodotus was the first writer to perform systematic investigation of historical events. He is referred to as "The Father of History", a title conferred on him by the ancient Roman orator Cicero. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
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Quote #2 on Political Struggle Quotes >> Free Speech and Society
“How brave a thing is freedom of speech, which has made the Athenians so far exceed every other state of Greece in greatness!”
Source: "The Republic," by Plato, 360 BC, translated by Benjamin Jowett. Introduction.
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