Friday, February 20, 2026

Herodotus

Herodotus (490 – 425/420 BCE)

“Everyone without exception believes his own native customs, and the religion he was brought up in, to be the best.”

  • From The Histories (3.38) by Herodotus, translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt and revised by John Marincola. New York: Penguin Classics, 2002.

 

 

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