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The father of history. Herodotus - Greek historian. Herodotus, later famous as a historian to the point of becoming known by his admirers as the 'father of history', was born in Halicarnassus, (now Bodrum, Turkey), in about 484 B. C.
The most ancient claim about the origins of the Phoenicians comes from the father of history, Herodotus, the Greek historian, who lived around the 5th century B.C. In âThe Historiesâ, Book 1, Chapter 1, he claims that the Phoenicians came from the shores of the Erythraean Sea . This geographic location at the time of Herodotus was a barren desert filled with nomadic and barbaric tribes.