14. I got my information for my book primarily from what leaders and eyewitnesses could tell me. I enjoy giving my opinion, and I will make it known in my writing if I am not certain as to whether something is a fact. My goal in my writing is to show a humanistic view on the wars and to show how two races came into conflict.
15. I am a big fan of Athens! In 447 BCE, I went to Athens, which was the center of culture in the Greece at this time. I attained the respect of many prominent Greek men, including the statesmen Pericles.
17. I see the world as a type of circle surrounded by water. Here is a map that I drew of the world.
18. I believe the Persians are nothing short of barbarians. Clearly, the Persians lost the war because of their lack of morality. The Athenians, on the other hand, are a very strong, determined group of people.
19. I am very tolerant of other ethnicities and cultures and hold no racial prejudices. I also like to write about people of different ethnicities I meet along the way. Egyptians
20. The power of Athens had been great before; but, now that the tyrants [Persians] were gone, it became greater than ever. -Book V (Terpsichore), The Histories
23. An Overview of The Histories… I wrote about the expansion of the Persian empire and the Persians fight against the Greeks under the kings Cyrus the Great, Cambyses, Darius the Great, and Xerxes. I finish with Xerxes’ fight against the Greeks in 480 BCE, ultimately resulting in the battle at Salamis and the battles of Plataea and Mycale. There are 9 books in total that are each divided into 3 logoi. Each logoi translates into a 4-hour lecture and is focused on a specific topic.
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