Exam 2

Question: Who is a better model for modern historians: Herodotus or Thucydides? Why?

Thesis: Herodotus is a better model for modern historians because he was lived through much more and had much more educational background.

Primary Source 1:
"Greek historian, called the Father of History, was born at Halicarnassus in Asia Minor, then dependent upon the Persians, in or about the year 484 B.C. "

11th Brittanica: Herodotus

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/eb11-herodotus.html


Primary Source 2:
"THESE are the researches of Herodotus of Halicarnassus, which he
publishes, in the hope of thereby preserving from decay the
remembrance of what men have done, and of preventing the great and
wonderful actions of the Greeks and the Barbarians from losing their
due meed of glory; and withal to put on record what were their grounds
of feuds."

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/herodotus-history.txt

Primary Source 3:
"He seems to have made but few journeys, one to Crotona, one to Metapontum, and one to Athens (about 430 B.C.) being all that his work indicates." 

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/eb11-herodotus.html



Explanation:
Herodotus had a better education than Thucydides. He had a background of better more important things. He lived through a lot and it improved and gave him a better education. He wrote many things to prove he had a good education. He traveled the world to many places which helped enhance his education.