1. Herodotus: Historian or Storyteller?
However, Herodotus remains our most explicit source of evidence for an historical narrative of the events leading up to the Persian War of the first half of the 5th century BCE. ... By better understanding where Herodotus might be placed relative to these two categories, finding where both historical and narrative traits are within the pages of Herodotus is the best approach to determine if he was a storyteller or a historian. ... Nevertheless, the inclusion of puppet characters, to which Herodotus exports voices of dissenting judgment, is a necessary narrative device for the transmittance ...
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