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330: Herodotus: The Birth of History
The Rest Is History
Herodotus' Counterfactual
Herodotus' work is written for oral consumption. He apologizes at one point for his argument that it's the Athenians who play the key role in defeating the Persians. There's a tantalizing hint there that perhaps he's consciously writing it for an Athenian audience. By this point, Athens has become the great center of literary culture and all kinds of things.
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