AI: Herodotus, Thucydides, and Plutarch Compared: Ancient Greek Historians (Part I, “The History of Herodotus” or “Persian Wars”)
“Herodotus of Halicarnassus here displays his inquiry, so that human achievements may not be forgotten in time, and great and marvelous deeds – some displayed by Greeks, some by barbarians – may not be without their glory; and especially to show why the two peoples fought with each other.” – Herodotus
“[The Oracle at Delphi told Croesus:] that if he should send an army against the Persians he would destroy a great empire.”
“[The Oracle at Delphi advising the Athenians:] ‘Yet Zeus grants… a wooden wall, which alone shall be uncaptured, a blessing to you and your children.'”