The Boys' and Girls' Herodotus Being Parts of the History of Herodotus

Here is our reprint of a great 1884 classic that will bring Herodotus to life for Junior High students. Herodotus has been described as the father of history. He was born at Harlicarnassus, in 484 B.C. and died at Thurium in Italy about the year 425. The design of Herodotus was to record the struggles between the Greeks and the barbarians.