... tangential stories that the author considers worth telling, though they are not directly relevant to the plot. This demonstrates Herodotus standing in a murky, grey area between accurate history and the tradition of glorifying the past, from which we might conclude that less attention should to be given to the divisions between the two, as such a medium, was appropriate for engaging a ... ; through which to understand serendipity. Thus we gather that the occurrences within the world of Herodotus are born out of a more observable and rational basis than was present in prior tradition, de...

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