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The descriptions of contemporary or near-contemporary historians like Herodotus when describing the habits of their country's enemies must be taken with a grain
by sillyquiet 9y ago
The descriptions of contemporary or near-contemporary historians like Herodotus when describing the habits of their country's enemies must be taken with a grain of salt, e.g., the 'slave-blinding' and 'blood-drinking'.
- abrowne 9y agoEven calling them "historians" makes them (and their methods) seem more similar to modern historians(') than they were.