HERODOTUS: 485 - approx. 425 BC e., Greek historian. Born in Halicarnassus, a Greek city in Caria founded by the Dorians, which in the mid-5th century. BC e. was subjected to strong Ionian influence. Herodotus is the author of the book that laid the foundation for historiographical science. The importance of his “History” as a source of our knowledge about the ancient world cannot be overestimated. The book contains a lot of geographical, ethnographic, natural-historical and literary information about the Persian kingdom, Egypt, Scythia, as well as other kingdoms and lands in which the culture of the Western world found its birth and meaning. However, the main reason for the enduring popularity of Herodotus is the amazing fascination of his texts, written in an elegant style, turning historical material into a fabulous journey through the Ancient World.