All the Following May Be Said About Herodotus EXCEPT

question 57

Multiple Choice

All the following may be said about Herodotus EXCEPT

• A)as the "father of history," Herodotus was a thoroughgoing rationalist.
• B)Herodotus was free of the common Greek contempt for the non-Hellenic world.
• C)Herodotus did not merely repeat legends but he often sought to discover what really happened.
• D)the gods had a relatively minor role in his histories.
• E)Herodotus seemed to share in the Greek fascination with the tragedy of hubris.

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Definitions:

Formal Reasoning

The process of thinking logically and systematically about abstract concepts and problems.

Specified Clearly

Described or detailed in a clear and exact manner.

Probability

A measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, often expressed as a number between 0 and 1.

Event

An occurrence or happening, especially one of significance.