Herodotus, often known as the 'Father of History', was an ancient Greek historian born in Halicarnassus, Caria (present-day Bodrum, Turkey) around 484 BC. His seminal work, 'The Histories,' represents the earliest surviving attempt at narrative historical writing and spans a wide array of subjects, encompassing the Greco-Persian Wars as well as the customs, geography, and histories of the various ...