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n. - The ancient Greek known as the father of history.

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  • Herodotus is like, Truth is fluid, let's not get too fussy about the details.
  • This custom seems to have worked very well and Herodotus is full of enthusiasm for it.
  • But Herodotus is now urgently useful for reasons that rise above mere entertainment and exotica.
  • The earliest known written description of an artificial limb appears in Herodotus's The Histories, written in 484 B.C.
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