Herodotus was a historian and geographer in an age when history was story and geography was legends or else pure mathematics.
He brought, by comparison, an element of factuality to both disciplines. Consequently his importance is in how he differed from those who went before.
If those things don’t interest you, you can safely skip him.
Depends on how much you really want to know about the girl and her work.
Herodotus was a historian and geographer in an age when history was story and geography was legends or else pure mathematics.
He brought, by comparison, an element of factuality to both disciplines. Consequently his importance is in how he differed from those who went before.
If those things don’t interest you, you can safely skip him.