section_path: Place in history
section_name: Place in history
paragraph_text: Place in history
  
  Herodotus announced the purpose and scope of his work at the beginning of his Histories:
  
  Here are presented the results of the inquiry carried out by Herodotus of Halicarnassus. The purpose is to prevent the traces of human events from being erased by time, and to preserve the fame of the important and remarkable achievements produced by both Greeks and non-Greeks; among the matters covered is, in particular, the cause of the hostilities between Greeks and non-Greeks.