The Cynical Historian

Ancient Historians | Historiography #Shorts 2 (2021x14)

Air date: Jun 09, 2021

The first historians came in Greece during the 5th Century before Christ. Herodotus described the past in an entertaining, if not so accurate narrative. His successor, Thucydides, used more rigor and analysis to tell the story of the Peloponnesian War, which he had participated in. These two lit the way for future historians by showing what history is and how to write it. The word story and history derive from the same root, so history is just telling a true story, whether in the Herodotus fashion of entertaining narrative or Thucydides’s more analytical and accurate fashion. For the next couple millennia, this was the primary divide between historians. In the ancient world, they are pretty much our sole sources. Historiography Shorts playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXi3h9O4E0a0ZVPGYxAuUTy ------------------------------------------------------------ Herodotus books: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/828 Thucydides books: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2352 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cynicalhistorian Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History