Commentary on Book Two of Herodotus' Histories 2.129-135

Introduction In this article we will explain the history of Herodotus 129-135. "The Book of History" is related to Egypt; in particular, chapters 99-182 detail the legend and reality of the Egyptian rulers. As this book mainly experiences Herodotus as an investigator, book 2 is different from other books in history. More precisely, in Volume 2, Herodotus is looking at the experience of the first person as direct evidence, not a way to evaluate others' accounts.

Two famous historians who lived in classical times were Harry Canasus and Herodotus of Thucydides. Herodotus is often called "father of history". His writing "History" is one of the oldest works of existing prose literature. The book by Thucydides "History of the Peloponnesus War" has had a great influence on later writers and historians, such as the apostolic speech record and Procopius of Byzantine historian Caesarea. Author The third historian in ancient Greece, Xenophon of Athens, started his Hellenica. There, Thucydides finished his work in 411 BC and brought his history in 362 BC. The most famous piece of Xenophon is a detailed direct material for his participation in his book "Anabasis", a Greek mercenary trying to help Persian Cyrus drive away his brothers from the throne. Xenophon also praised the philosopher Socrates and wrote three pieces of work: Socrates apologizes to the jury, seminars and souvenirs

In the battle of Thermopylae itself, the explanation of the two main sources of information, Herodotus and Simonides, survived. In fact, the explanation for this fight in his Vol. 7 by Herodotus is an important source written by Paul Catridge. "We either write the history of Thermopylae or not write at all." Surviving was the Chestias microcosm taken by Byzantine photons of the 8th century and this was "completely useless", but there were few important events such as betrayal of Ephialtes and Diodorus Siculus. The universal history Diodorus's claim seems to be based on the Ephorus statement, which is quite different from the story of Herodotus. Modern scholars tend to be skeptical about night attacks in Persian camps.