Herodotus: Is it history?

Where history started is not where it is. Herodotus, though not cut from the same cloth as today's historians, deserves a friendly, appreciative consideration.

Sculpture of, you guessed it, Herodotus. Photo credit included on the History.com page.

Let’s take a question to a high, high altitude of time, space and human endeavor. Let’s not get down in the weeds with single books, single events, theories of historical cause and effect, and the centuries-old discipline of historical study.

Let’s ask, What is history?