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.'”